UF Health transplant program recognized for quality by Blue Cross and Blue Shield
University of Florida Health Shands Hospital has been designated a Blue Distinction Center in the area of transplant care by Florida Blue as part of a national…
Marilee Griffin
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Marilee Griffin is the assistant director of communications for the UF Health Cancer Center. She joined the UF Health Communications staff in 2012 as a writer and media relations assistant coordinator for the News and Publications division. A Florida native, she holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UF and was previously employed as a nonfiction book editor and freelance journalist.
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Isabel Garcia to lead the UF College of Dentistry
Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Garcia, currently the deputy director of the National…
Study finds link between insurance type and treatment for stroke patients
University of Florida researchers have found a correlation between Medicare and patient access to surgical treatment for subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of…
UF Health researchers recognized as “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”
Two University of Florida Health researchers have been named to Thomson Reuters’ “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014” list for their work in…
UF Health recognized for IT initiatives
For the second consecutive year, University of Florida Health has received recognition for information technology initiatives that better connect patients’…
Community recognizes legacy of Alachua General Hospital with historic marker
The public, local officials and University of Florida Health administrators gatheredon July 11, 2014 for the unveiling of a Florida Historical Marker that…
State funding boosts health care services for the underinsured in North Florida
Four safety-net health care clinics in Alachua and Duval counties will receive funding as part of Gov. Rick Scott’s $77 billion state spending plan for…
UF Health researcher receives grant to combat severe form of childhood blindness
It’s usually in the first few months that parents of newborns with Leber congenital amaurosis realize something is wrong. The babies fail to focus on their…
New UF Health program blends holistic therapies and modern medicine
Acupuncture, meditation, massage — practices once considered “alternatives” to conventional medicine — are now becoming mainstream in hospitals and medical…
UF Health researchers validate early predictor of lethal kidney condition
Researchers have found a way to identify critically ill patients who are at risk of developing acute kidney injury — a potentially fatal and often asymptomatic…
Patients rate pain care differently depending on locale, UF researchers find
Hospital patients’ responses to a question about whether their pain is well-controlled may depend in part on where they live, University of Florida researchers…
Emergency medicine researcher approved for UF’s first PCORI funding award
A research team at the University of Florida has been approved for a funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to study…
