UF Health appoints chief data scientist

Jiang Bian, Ph.D., has been named UF Health chief data scientist, with a goal of aiding researchers as they move into a new frontier of using biomedical…

UF Health appoints new chief medical informatics officer

Robert F. Donnell, M.D., has been appointed UF Health chief medical informatics officer and UF College of Medicine assistant dean for clinical informatics. He…

Vitamin D deficiency tied to increased COVID-19 risk, unique UF data study finds

Patients with a vitamin D deficiency were four times more likely to be COVID-19 positive than those with a sufficient amount of the crucial vitamin, a…

UF Health Shands names Duval to leadership team

Kathy Duval, M.B.A., M.S., ACHE, has been named associate vice president for Operations at UF Health Shands. In her new role, Duval will have executive…

Making the grade - UF Health Shands makes list of 100 Great Hospitals in America

Becker’s Healthcare has named UF Health Shands among its 2018 list of 100 Great Hospitals in America. The organizations included are nationally recognized for…

UF Health Shands names associate chief medical officer

Shelley Wells Collins, M.D., has been named associate chief medical officer. Collins has been a UF College of Medicine associate professor of pediatrics and…

UF Health Shands ICU earns gold Beacon Award for Excellence

The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit team at UF Health Shands Hospital has earned a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of…

UF&Shands announces plans for new freestanding emergency department

Administrators at UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, have announced plans to build a full-service, 911-receiving freestanding…