Caretia Washington, an M.D.-1 in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s M.D.-Ph.D. program, will be performing with the college’s White Coat Company in a production of “Shrek” for the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital on Feb. 14. Washington, who is conducting research on cancer disparities with faculty in the…
An interdisciplinary team of students from the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering received first place in the UF Global Health Case Competition held February 11. The team will head to Atlanta next month…
The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions held its 36th Annual Research Day on February 9. The college’s undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral trainees submitted a record 108 abstracts. The event took place in the HPNP Complex after being held virtually in 2021 and 2022.
Jinying Zhao, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, and post-doctoral student, Guanhong Miao, published their study, “Plasma Lipidomic Profile of Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study in a Large Sample of Community-dwelling American Indians in the Strong Heart Study,” in the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry. Using a new technology called lipidomics, this…
Mingjing Chen Mingjing Chen and Xiaoxiao Wen, two doctoral students from the Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, were invited to present at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on November 4th -7th, 2022, in Chicago. Chen was awarded the Epi Chair Travel Award and Graduate Student Council Travel Grant to…
Erta Cenko One of many of our amazing doctoral students, Erta Cenko, recently received two awards from the Gerontological Society of America: The Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization (ESPO) Carol Schutz Award Travel Award to cover the costs of travel to attend the GSA 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting and The Academy for Gerontology…
Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman, Ph.D. student, received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (…
University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions epidemiology doctoral students presented their work on drug surveillance at two recent meetings with research and government officials.
Three Epidemiology doctoral students, Nicole Fitzgerald, Alyssa Falise, and Nae Won, received the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) NIDA Director’s Travel Awards. This award is given to 20 early-career scientists to cover the costs of travel to attend the CPDD 84th Annual Scientific Meeting that was held on…
Shannon Rich, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology, was selected as the 2021-2022 PHHP graduate-level Dean’s scholar. This is one of the most prestigious honors the dean’s office gives as part of its recognition of exceptional students’ accomplishments.
