Longtime professor and prolific neonatology researcher Mark L. Hudak, M.D., is the new chair of the pediatrics department at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville. The pediatrics department is the largest within the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville and has specialty clinics and pediatric centers across Northeast Florida. “The University of Florida College of Medicine–Jacksonville [...]

Joining a gym to log in hours on the elliptical or hiring a nutritionist for guidance are good ideas to shed pounds but typically too pricey for people with low incomes, as are many programs geared toward boosting wellness. To address that issue, University of Florida researchers have received a $9.9 million grant from the [...]

Shands Transplant Center clinicians are trading in their white lab coats for helmets, padded shorts and clip-in shoes. April is national Donate Life Month, and Shands Transplant Center team members will participate in the eighth annual Katie Ride for Life, a cycling and walking event on Amelia Island to raise awareness for organ donation and [...]

Social networking is not just about fun and games. It’s also key to patient safety and effective medical practice. No, not Facebook or Twitter, but communication among different types of medical professionals involved in getting patients quickly into care once they show up at the hospital. UF biochemistry major Anas Dalloul and colleagues in the [...]

As part of first lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative, the University of Florida College of Nursing and the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System have committed to educating America’s future nurses to care for our nation’s veterans, service members and their families facing posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression and other clinical issues. [...]

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy hosted the second annual Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition in March, welcoming national leaders in compounding pharmacy and students competing from 14 U.S. pharmacy colleges. The weekend competition, sponsored by Medisca Group of Companies, was organized in three phases. Each university team of three student pharmacists conducted and documented [...]

The Center for NeuroGenetics at the University of Florida has received a highly competitive $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to study a new idea that challenges conventional understanding of how proteins in cells are made, and their impact on inherited diseases. Scientists have long understood the role of messenger RNA, known as [...]

Jon Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On a Prayer” is one 80s hit that, unfortunately, more than 100,000 people relate to each day as they wait for a lifesaving organ. Clinicians with the Shands Transplant Center at the University of Florida will trade in their white lab coats for neon spandex, sweatbands and sunglasses at night to [...]

The UF&Shands Florida Recovery Center, a nationally recognized academic and clinical research-driven addiction treatment program, will bring new treatment options to patients in Central Florida with a new location at the Orlando Health Behavioral Specialists practice at South Seminole Hospital. The FRC, based at the University of Florida, is rated by the Annenberg Foundation as [...]

A longtime community tradition, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Open House will intrigue and entertain audiences of all ages during a full day of educational demonstrations, tours and much more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 14. The event is free and open to the public. Snacks and College of Veterinary [...]