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Prescription drug monitoring programs not shown to affect drug overdoses

Amid a raging opioid epidemic, every state has now established a drug-monitoring database to encourage safer prescribing and to reduce abuse. Yet, there is scant evidence that such programs are having a positive effect on the number of drug overdoses, a new study by a group that includes a University…

Florida Researchers Receive NIAID Grant to Track HIV Transmission Clusters in Real Time

The use of molecular epidemiology methods for identifying and tracking epidemic transmission clusters has recently gained traction, but these methods are not equipped to identify transmission clusters and their corresponding dynamics in real time. Now, University of Florida researchers, with support from a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases…

Epidemiology MSE Student Earns Spot in Prestigious NICAP Summer Internship Program

The Neuromedicine Interdisciplinary Clinical and Academic Programs (NICAP) comprises leaders, faculty, residents, fellows, staff and both undergraduate and graduate interns. Founded in 2010 by Dr. David Guzick and UF Health Leadership, this program strives to create the ideal patient experience. Epidemiology’s MSE Student, Upuli Dissanayake was recently awarded a graduate…

Epidemiology Rocks Graduate Student Appreciation Week!

This year’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) in Epidemiology had different activities throughout the week of April 2nd-6th. On Monday, an all-day treasure hunt! Gold “doubloons” were scattered around the department for students to find! If found, students were able to receive an additional prize. On Tuesday, games…

Dr. Wang Accepted to UF’s Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows Program

Research Assistant Scientist in Epidemiology, Yan Wang, PhD, was unanimously accepted to the UF’s Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows program on campus. Housed within the Warrington College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the program celebrates scholars who think and act in entrepreneurial ways. It is open to…

Epidemiology PhD Student Receives UF Informatics Institute Award

The 2018 UF Informatics Institute (UFII) Graduate Student Fellowship received many strong proposals submitted by students and their faculty mentors across UF. “Level Analysis of Rheumatoid Diseases via Multi-Domain Machine Learning,” by graduate student Zhaoyi Chen, mentored by Associate Professor Mattia Prosperi, MEng, PhD, was awarded funding through…

Drs. Lusine Yaghjyan and Volker Mai Win UFHCC Pilot Award

Assistant Professor in Epidemiology Lusine Yaghjyan, MD, MPH, PhD, and Associate Professor in Epidemiology Volker Mai, PhD, MPH, were recently awarded a $42,000 collaborative, multiple P.I. pilot grant from the UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Cancer Therapeutics and Host Response Program Collaborative Team. Dr. Yaghjyan’s research focuses on…

UF’s Only NIH K Award Couple

Professor Ting-Yuan (David) Cheng, PhD, assistant professor in Epidemiology, and his wife Professor Yu-Jung (Jenny) Wei, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy both have received prestigious NIH funded Career Development (K) awards. Currently Drs. Cheng and Wei are the only married couple within UF who…