UF Health researchers investigate effectiveness of a generic heart drug
University of Florida Health researchers are investigating whether a generic form of a common heart medicine used for high blood pressure, heart failure and…
Linda Homewood
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Linda Homewood, APR is the Director of News & Communications for the UF College of Pharmacy, she is also the editor of the college’s alumni magazine, GATORx. An accredited member of the Florida Public Relations Association, she has more than 18 years of public relations and marketing communications experience in government, corporate industry, and higher education. Homewood joined UF in 2002, and works closely with UF news offices to report ongoing faculty research and pharmacy education news to news media and professional pharmacy associations. She is a member of UF Communications Network and UF Editors Forum. She also works closely with the college’s Office of Development and Alumni Affairs team to keep UF pharmacy alumni informed about news and events in the college.
Stories by Linda
UF clinical pharmacy faculty named IOM Anniversary Fellow in Pharmacy
Steven M. Smith, Pharm.D., M.P.H., a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy and medicine at the University of Florida, has been selected as the 2014-16…
University of Florida pharmacy dean elected to Institute of Medicine
Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D., dean of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. At…
UF Pharm.D. program to reduce class size, improve student-to-faculty ratio
Amid state and national trends showing a decline in the demand for pharmacists and an increased emphasis on interprofessional, team-based approaches to care,…
UF College of Pharmacy curriculum reform to prepare graduates for team-based patient care
The University of Florida College of Pharmacy is reforming its doctor of pharmacy four-year educational program to prepare graduates to work in an evolving…
UF clinical pharmacist is helping patients stay on track with taking prescribed medications
For patients prescribed multiple drugs for a variety of chronic health conditions, adherence — staying on track with daily medications — can be challenging,…
UF researcher sets age threshold for treatment of viral respiratory infection in preterm infants
A University of Florida researcher is the first to establish that 4 months old is the age threshold for preterm babies to receive preventive treatment for a…
UF pharmacy educator appointed to American Bar Association governing council in health law
A University of Florida pharmacy law educator has accepted a leadership role in the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association. W. Thomas Smith,…
Florida coastal seaweed could help the body fend off cancers and inflammatory disease
A new defense against prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the United States, may come from a seaweed found off the coast of Florida. University…
Scoring system could help reduce adverse drug events in hospital patients
University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers are working closely with colleagues at UF Health to identify hospital patients at greatest risk for…
University of Florida chosen to lead national distance education consortium
The American Distance Education Consortium has appointed Ian Tebbett, Ph.D., director of the University of Florida online forensic science master’s program, as…
Julie Johnson appointed dean of the UF College of Pharmacy
Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, becoming the seventh dean and the first woman to hold the…
