UF researchers ask FDA to remove non-prescription decongestant from the market

With cold and flu season fast approaching, two University of Florida pharmacy researchers are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to remove a common…

UF researcher receives $7 million for imaging studies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A new five-year, $7.15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support the University of Florida’s continued study of MRI to track Duchenne…

UF Health researchers find some evidence of link between stress, Alzheimer’s disease

University of Florida Health researchers have uncovered more evidence of a link between the brain’s stress response and a protein related to Alzheimer’s…

UF Health gets prestigious muscular dystrophy research center, major grant

University of Florida Health has been designated by the National Institutes of Health as one of six centers to help translate scientific findings into…

Existing drug used in transplants causes older rats to lose weight

Aging can cause many changes to the body, including obesity and a loss of lean mass. Now, a group of University of Florida Health researchers has discovered…

UF pharmacy dean named president-elect of national pharmacology society

Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D., dean and distinguished professor of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, is the new president-elect of the American…

World leader in therapies for muscular conditions to join UF in 2015

As part of its goal to become a world leader in the development of therapies for muscular conditions and cancer, the University of Florida has recruited a…

A scientist's journey

Habibeh Khoshbouei's research goals brought her from Iran to the U.S. Habibeh Khoshbouei, Ph.D., an associate professor of neuropharmacology in the department…

UF alum will focus on research, recruitment as new chair of pharmacology and therapeutics

Jeffrey R. Martens, Ph.D., has been appointed chairman of the department of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Florida College of Medicine. “We…

Four professors inducted into the National Academy of Inventors

Four researchers at the University of Florida have been chosen as Charter Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Donn Dennis, Ray Bergeron, Franky So…