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The UF Department of Medicine Celebration of Research took place on October 25, 2018. This event was an opportunity to collaborate and reflect on the quality of research conducted within the Department of Medicine. It was a time to appreciate the impact that research has and how it continues to propel the Department…

University of Florida Health has been designated a member of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s Care Center Network, making it one of just 60 medical centers nationwide with the highest level of expertise and resources for the treatment of interstitial lung disease. UF Health was one of 15 centers…

Alpha Omega Alpha, the prestigious national medical honor society, inducted faculty, residents and students from the UF College of Medicine as new members during a banquet held March 15 at the George T. Harrell, M.D., Medical Education Building. Newly appointed chief internal medicine resident, Dr. Paul Skelton was included in this year's inductees. 

The 18th annual Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society banquet and induction ceremony, held May 3 in the George T. Harrell, M.D., Medical Education Building, honored 26 medical students, six residents and four members of UF College of Medicine faculty who represent the chapter’s pillars of excellence in clinical care, compassion, leadership and dedication to service.

Dr. Ryan Nall was chosen as the 2018 recipient of the UF College of Medicine Hippocratic Award, a prestigious honor chosen by the UF College of Medicine Class of 2018. 

The University of Florida has launched a Center for Regenerative Medicine to develop lifesaving therapies “to heal the body from within” using stem cells that repair damaged tissue and organs. The center is led by Keith L. March, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist and national leader in regenerative medicine whom the university recently recruited from the Indiana University School of Medicine.

We constantly inhale Aspergillus mold spores, which live both indoors and outdoors, without becoming ill. But for people with a weakened immune system, a fungal infection caused by the spores could be fatal. The deadly fungus will soon face a new weapon in the researcher’s arsenal — a…

UF Health will expand on its mission of patient-centered care when the UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital and the UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital begin treating patients in December.

The Department of Defense has awarded a $14.9 million grant to the University of Florida to study a type of heart disease that disproportionately affects women, a growing segment of the U.S. military’s ranks. Defense officials have heightened concern about nonobstructive coronary artery disease, with women comprising nearly 18 percent…