UF Dance Marathon raises record-breaking $1.1 million for children

Students in Dance Marathon at the University of Florida 2013 raised a record-breaking total of $1,169,722 for Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Hospital for…

Shands Hospital for Children activity room named for renowned pediatric neurologist

Even after his death, renowned UF pediatric neurologist John Joseph Ross, M.D., is still giving back to children and to the community. The John J. Ross, M.D.,…

Tyler’s Hope raises $100,000 for UF movement disorders research

Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure presented $100,000 to the UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration to establish The Tyler’s Hope Season of Hope…

Once wheelchair-bound, area girl now walking in 5K run

A year ago, 10-year-old Samantha Staab was wheelchair-bound and had a hard time even sitting up straight because her body was so twisted. But this Saturday,…

STOP! Children’s Cancer to donate $1million to UF to support national clinical trials

STOP! Children’s Cancer Inc. will donate more than $1 million to the University of Florida College of Medicine to establish the STOP! Children’s Cancer Bonnie…

New UF professorship in Jacksonville supports palliative care program for children

Dr. Jeff Goldhagen, chief of the division of community pediatrics at the College of Medicine-Jacksonville, is pictured with 10-year-old Taubri Jackson, his…

Toral Family Foundation supports traumatic brain injury research at UF

The Toral Family Foundation, a Florida nonprofit organization that supports efforts to help families affected by traumatic brain injuries, has given a…

UF’s addiction medicine residency training among 10 in nation to be accredited

Mark Gold, M.D ., an international authority on addiction medicine, and chairman of the University of Florida College of Medicine's department of psychiatry.…

Harvard psychiatry professor to lecture on depression

Andrew Alan Nierenberg, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will visit the University of Florida to talk about treatment-resistant…