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…
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…
Even in the absence of pregnancy complications, expectant mothers spend considerable time visiting their OBGYNs during their first three trimesters: On average, four appointments during the first 28 weeks of fetal development, two per month until 36 weeks and one per week until birth. But in the fourth trimester —…
Dr. Linda Cottler has been selected to be a Distinguished Editor for the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2). As a member of the Editorial Board, Dr. Cottler will review all applications and the three Stage 1 critiques/reviews. Editorial Board Reviewers will then generate a short statement outlining…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
