UF Health first in U.S. to implant new, advanced deep brain stimulation system
A team of University of Florida Health neurosurgeons and neurologists recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a newly FDA-approved, technologically…
Michelle Jaffee
Science Writer
Michelle Koidin Jaffee is the Science Writer for the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida. In more than 20 years as a journalist, she worked as a reporter for the Associated Press in six cities and as a features writer for the San Antonio Express-News. In 2006, she wrote a weekly column for the Express-News about life with her infant twins during her husband’s deployment to Iraq. Before joining the UF Health staff in February 2016, she also served as a regular contributor to the American Heart Association’s news site. A native of Chicago, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied government and Spanish.
Stories by Michelle
New AI tool to be tested in NIH-funded study to improve diagnosis of Parkinson’s and related disorders
University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with early…
Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., named chair of UF department of neuroscience
University of Florida neuroscientist Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., an expert in brain aging, has been named chair of the UF College of Medicine’s department of…
UF Health in Gainesville begins vaccinating high-risk health care employees against COVID-19
After months of anguish and anticipation, after the long days and the longer nights of a pandemic that has stressed communities across Florida, the nation and…
UF neurosurgery chair elected president of Congress of Neurological Surgeons
University of Florida neurosurgery chair Brian Hoh, M.D., MBA, has been elected the 2020-21 president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, one of the…
New study shows common diabetes drug improves symptoms in genetic form of ALS in mice
New preclinical research shows a commonly used Type 2 diabetes drug can improve symptoms in a specific genetic form of ALS and frontotemporal dementia in mice.…
Florida’s Alzheimer’s research consortium awarded $15 million grant to focus on diverse populations
The 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, or 1Florida ADRC, a University of Florida-organized consortium of leading research institutions aimed at…
He survived a heart transplant, a kidney transplant and, along with his family, COVID-19
Enell “Trent” Porter had long battled hereditary congestive heart failure and diabetes, at times falling critically ill. But the 50-year-old had a new shot at…
Interactive medical simulations in ERs, ICUs help clinicians prepare for COVID-19 intubations
When a patient is in severe respiratory distress and needs to be put on a ventilator, health care providers race to insert a tube into their airway. But with…
UF-led pandemic ventilator moves forward in meeting milestones toward approval for COVID-19
University of Florida-led international project to rapidly design and build a low-cost, DIY ventilator using hardware store parts is meeting preliminary…
Study by UF neurointensivists details potential neurologic complications of severe respiratory viruses
A new study by University of Florida Health neurocritical care experts offers insight into potential neurologic complications of severe respiratory viruses,…
UF Health researchers donate gloves, masks and other PPE to support frontline colleagues
Researchers from across the University of Florida and UF Health have joined an urgent effort to collect and donate personal protective equipment, or PPE, to…
