Florida diabetes advocate calls for greater federal funding

For media inquiries call Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill at 352-256-6004 or e-mail aalbanese@ufl.edu. In an effort to stop diabetes and its devastating effects,…

Dr. Bruce Mast introduced as UF’s new chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery

, the new chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery for the University of Florida Department of Surgery, greets faculty and staff during the reception…

W. Clay Smith receives merit award for eye research

W. Clay Smith, Ph.D., of the University of Florida College of Medicine, has been granted a $60,000 RPB Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award by Research to Prevent…

Cancer research reports need to include more clinical details, UF researchers say

Thomas George Jr., M.D., a member of the UF Shands Cancer Center and director of UF’s Gastrointestinal Oncology Program in the College of Medicine. How…

Free colorectal screening offered

Free colorectal cancer screening for adults with minimal or no health insurance is available through Shands at the University of Florida. The program will…

UF researcher maps how age, gender can affect risk to radiation exposure

Wesley E. Bolch, Ph.D., a professor in the UF departments of nuclear and radiological engineering and biomedical engineering, and a member of the UF Shands…

UF researchers find cancer-fighting properties in papaya tea

Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., University of Florida researcher (Photo by Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida) The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western…

UF surgeons, research biologists create scale to grade shark bite severity

Ashley Lentz, M.D., a plastic and reconstructive surgery fellow at the UF College of Medicine (Photo by Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida) Shark attack! These…

Haiti Relief

Dr. David Risch, left, nurse practitioner Sally Bethart and Dr. Robert Melosh repack medical supplies at the Gainesville Regional Airport General Aviation…

UF aids turtle rescue efforts

Clinical pathologist Nicole Stacy, with the University of Florida's Aquatic Animal Health program, removes a green sea turtle Friday (Jan. 8, 2010) from a…

UF aids in sea turtle rescue effort

Clinical pathologist Nicole Stacy, with the University of Florida's Aquatic Animal Health program, removes a green sea turtle Friday (Jan. 8, 2010) from a…

UF aids in sea turtle rescue effort

Clinical pathologist Nicole Stacy, with the University of Florida's Aquatic Animal Health program, removes a green sea turtle Friday (Jan. 8, 2010) from a…