University of Florida, McKnight Brain Institute announce project to accelerate stroke research
With $1 million in support from University of Florida President Ben Sasse’s strategic funding initiative, investigators at the Evelyn F. and William L.…
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Neurosurgery resident awarded Fulbright fellowship to improve care in West Africa
After spending the last year virtually connecting with government and community leaders, one University of Florida College of Medicine resident will soon…
UF to lead national trial testing nerve block to alleviate headache from subarachnoid hemorrhage
A multidisciplinary team of neurocritical care, neurosurgery and pain medicine investigators from the University of Florida has been awarded a $12.9 million…
UF Health to launch Florida’s first fleet of specialized ambulances to improve stroke care
To improve stroke outcomes for Floridians, UF Health is launching a statewide network of mobile stroke treatment units — specialized ambulances equipped to…
Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., named director of UF’s McKnight Brain Institute
Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., chair of the UF College of Medicine department of neuroscience and an expert in brain aging, has been appointed director of the Evelyn…
Fighting pediatric cancer focus of V Foundation-UF Health collaboration
In pursuit of its ongoing mission to achieve Victory Over Cancer®, the V Foundation for Cancer Research announced its renewed support and a new $250,000 grant…
UF Health neurosurgeon awarded $38 million grant to lead national stroke prevention trial
The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday awarded a $38 million, five-year grant to Brian Hoh, M.D., M.B.A., the University of Florida’s chair of…
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…
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…
Renowned brain tumor researcher to lead UF’s efforts to move research discoveries to patients
A leading expert in the search for ways to treat aggressive adult and pediatric brain tumors, Duane A. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., will direct the University of…
UF brain tumor researcher embarks on first-in-human clinical trial of novel immunotherapy vaccine
UF Health pediatric oncologist Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D., has received a $2.5 million grant from the pediatric cancer foundation CureSearch for Children’s…
New combination therapy slows deadly brain tumor in mice, UF Health researchers find
As the deadliest primary brain tumor, glioblastoma is a stubborn foe. In addition to being aggressive, glioblastoma hasn’t responded to immunotherapies that…
