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August 28, 2025
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UF Health welcomes Team USA medical personnel to talk about concussion and TBI
May 16, 2024
GAINESVILLE — As Team USA competes against the world in Paris this summer, it’s unlikely any broadcaster will discuss how well athletes sleep. It might be a…
College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, +1 more
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Alzheimer’s disease is partly genetic − studying the genes that delay decline in some may lead to treatments for all
September 18, 2023
Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that…
College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, +1 more
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Michael S. Jaffee, M.D., named chair of UF Department of Neurology
March 10, 2023
University of Florida neurologist Michael S. Jaffee, M.D., an expert in brain injury and sleep medicine, has been named chair of the UF College of Medicine’s…
Department of Neurology, +6 more
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UF, UF Health announce gift and new $75 million initiative to expand Norman Fixel Institute
September 13, 2021
The University of Florida and UF Health on Tuesday announced an additional $25 million gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation aimed at improving…
Department of Neurology, +4 more
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UF College of Medicine adds first new clinical department in 16 years
July 16, 2021
The University of Florida College of Medicine has launched the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, or PM&R, the first time in 16 years a new…
College of Medicine, +2 more
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UF Health joins forces with the Gary Sinise Foundation Avalon Network dedicated to assisting veterans and first responders
March 3, 2021
UF Health Jacksonville and one of the nation’s premiere institutions dedicated to helping veterans, first responders and their families — the Gary Sinise…
Jacksonville College of Medicine, UF Health Jacksonville, +2 more
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UF neurologist earns Alzheimer’s Association Lifetime Achievement Award
July 27, 2020
Internationally renowned neurologist Steven T. DeKosky, M.D., the deputy director of UF’s Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, was honored today…
Department of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, +4 more
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UF Health will participate in national trial to study severe traumatic brain injury
December 19, 2019
University of Florida Health has been chosen as one of 45 institutions in the U.S. and Canada to take part in a study to determine if patients with traumatic…
Department of Emergency Medicine, +3 more
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University of Florida and UF Health Announce $20 Million Gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation
January 17, 2019
Funds will help launch institute at UF Health for Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases [slideshow…
Department of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurosurgery, +5 more
