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…
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.
On November 3rd, seven undergraduate students presented their research projects at the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Symposium. The students are working with Dr. Catalina Lopez-Quintero, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, and other members of her lab on research that primarily addresses drug use and COVID-19 related disparities. Students, mostly from…
