Dr. Yan Wang, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, received funding from the National Institute on Aging to study the effects of medical marijuana usage in older adults.
Research Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, Dongyu Zhang, received funding from the UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Pilot Program to study the effects of walking exercise intervention to reduce fatigue in older breast cancer survivors. This 2-year pilot trial is supported by the pilot fund in UFHCC with a total budget…
Ruba Sajdeya, Doctoral student of Clinical and Translational Science in Epidemiology, was invited to present at Anesthesiology 2021, the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, in San Diego. She also received the Early Career Investigator Award from the Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) 2021 Annual Meeting and the Certificate of…
Three Department of Epidemiology employees, Amy Gandy, Zoe Martusewicz, and Jerne Shapiro, won the 2022 UF Superior Accomplishment Award in the Health Science Center division.
The UF College of Public Health and Health Professions held its 35th annual Research Day on February 10. By popular demand, the event was once again held in a virtual format and featured three-minute speed presentations by 56 graduate students and postdoctoral/clinical fellows and associates held across concurrent sessions. Award…
With advancements in HIV treatments, people with HIV are living longer. More than half of Americans with HIV are now over age 50. Yet with longer lives comes an additional health concern. As people living with HIV age, about half will experience some sort of cognitive decline. Now, with the…
As cases of the omicron variant continue to surge, two federal agencies have approved booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-old children. Sonja A. Rasmussen, M.D., a professor in the departments of pediatrics and epidemiology at the UF College of Medicine and the UF College of Public Health and…
University of Florida faculty are part of a multistate team that will work to boost COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates in parts of the country where health care skepticism is common and vaccination rates are low.
A study published on November 9 in The Journal of Nutrition has shown an inverse association of dietary intake of vitamin A, including carotenoids, with ER-positive breast cancer risks among premenopausal Black women.
Nominators said Martusewicz is skilled at connecting people and bringing humor into the workplace, including organizing a weekly Zoom happy hour and posting a weekly pun or funny quip on the billboard outside her cubicle. “Zoe is a tremendously positive person to work with,” a colleague wrote. “She comes in…
