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Dr. Jinying Zhao and Guanhong Miao publish in Molecular Psychiatry

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…

Dr. Sai Zhang joins the Department of Epidemiology

Sai Zhang, Ph.D., joined us on January 5, 2023, from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research interests include Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Genetics, Genomics, and Precision Medicine. More specifically, he is interested in developing novel machine learning methods (e.g., deep learning and probabilistic graphical…

UF receives NIH grant to improve strategies for inpatient fall prevention

University of Florida investigators have received a $2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to address a common and costly problem in hospitals and other health care facilities: patient falls. Led by Ron Shorr, M.D., M.S., a research professor in the department of epidemiology at the UF College of…

Welcome Joni Nattiel, our newest Human Resources Generalist

The Department of Epidemiology is pleased to introduce our new Human Resources Generalist, Joni Nattiel. Miss Nattiel joins us from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, where she served as a Business Administration Specialist II in the Human Resources Shared Services Center. Her background is in business administration and human resources.

National Public Health Thank You Day

November 21 is National Public Health Thank You Day. In this Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health video, Dr. Stephen Kimmel, chair of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions department of epidemiology, joins with faculty and students at public health schools across the country…

PHHP professor honored with scholarship donation to MPH program

Cindy Prins, Ph.D., M.P.H., an associate professor of epidemiology and epidemiology Ph.D. program director at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, hopped on a Zoom call with the judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in September. When she…