Portable device delivers rapid testing for mosquito-borne viruses
With a lot of ingenuity, some creative engineering and a few off-the-shelf items, a University of Florida team led by a virologist and an engineer have created…
Jill Pease
Communications Director, College of Public Health and Health Professions
Jill Pease is the public relations director for the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. She is responsible for developing public relations and communications strategies to promote the college’s education, research and service activities. Before joining the college in 2001, she held public relations and marketing positions at an academic medical center in Ohio and a tertiary care hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Central College in Iowa.
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Researchers seek a role for Ghana’s traditional healers in breast cancer care
In Ghana and many African countries, traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers play a prominent role in patient care. These practitioners use herbal…
Inflammation may play a key role in brain changes in former football players
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Among former college and professional football players, higher levels of inflammation were associated with microstructural changes in the…
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Decades later, brain training lowers dementia risk
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning in the late 1990s, nearly 3,000 older adults received brain training as part of a study to evaluate the training's effect on…
Scientists say these two viruses may become the next public health threats
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two emerging pathogens with animal origins — influenza D virus and canine coronavirus — have so far been quietly flying under the radar,…
Comprehensive study settles debate over diet safety for patients with cancer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For decades, patients undergoing blood cancer treatment have been told to avoid certain foods to reduce infection risk, guidance that some…
Surgery past 65? Brain health screening can aid recovery
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Before surgery, your doctor will order evaluations to identify any health problems that may need to be addressed before the procedure. This…
Scientist’s cat, again, helps discover new virus
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., is at it again.…
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State health department funds preventive health screenings for Floridians
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has launched HealthScreen, a program that focuses on North Central Florida’s critical gap in health screening…
Mental health providers may have trouble detecting bulimia in patients, study finds
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When presented with a vignette describing the behaviors and characteristics of a patient with disordered eating, only a quarter of mental…
Clinician training program leads to better outcomes for patients with diabetes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A tele-education program for health care providers who treat people with diabetes resulted in significant improvements in patient outcomes,…
Study: Work satisfaction, pay are worse for those who stutter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — People who stutter have lower earnings, experience underemployment and express lower job satisfaction than those who don’t stutter, a new…
