As part of its AI Initiative, the University of Florida has expanded its AI offerings in the curriculum, increased the number of faculty members with AI expertise and made significant investments in computing infrastructure.UF is home to the HiPerGator, the nation’s most powerful supercomputer in higher education.Jason Blackburn,…
With summer in full swing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updating recommendations and encouraging Americans to protect themselves against seasonal and other outbreaks of infectious diseases. Recently, several U.S. states, including Ohio and California, have reported increased outbreaks of mpox, a highly transmissible virus. Reported cases are…
The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions announces a new round of awards for the college’s Research Innovation Fund, which is designed to fund pilot testing or feasibility studies that will place faculty members in an optimal position to obtain research funding from outside agencies. The…
A new study led by UF Health Cancer Center member Lusine Yaghjyan, M.D., Ph.D., has found that in postmenopausal women some reproductive factors were associated with a novel measurement of image intensity variation on mammograms that may help predict women at an increased risk of breast cancer. …
In patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, nerve cells called motor neurons degenerate, causing muscle atrophy and eventually death. Other cells in the central nervous system are known to play a role in ALS, but scientists don’t yet have a clear picture of how they contribute to the disease.
University of Florida Health has launched an ambitious project to minimize the health risk of pregnancy by identifying, addressing and tracking social determinants of health that can threaten a mother and baby’s health. The project will create a patient electronic dashboard that could flag social needs early in pregnancy to…
Spring 2024: Starting January 17, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Biweekly Wednesday Dr. Deepthi S. Varma, PhD, MPhil, MSW, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, leads the online Qualitative Research Colloquium, alternate Wednesdays, 4-5 pm ET during the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. Dr. Varma is a qualitative research expert with…
With a five-year $3.2 million U01 award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a team of researchers from the UF Health Cancer Center and the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will study the benefits and harms of medical marijuana in breast cancer patients. Jennifer Hu, Ph.D., left, and…
For Liu, the grant will help her achieve a long-term research goal: implementing clinical decision support tools in outpatient settings to help providers better identify women who may benefit from HIV testing and the HIV prevention medication, PrEP. . The research enhancement program will help her achieve this goal of…
A University of Florida research team is playing its part to stop the global HIV epidemic, applying the power of artificial intelligence to medical records to uncover patterns of risk and bias that have left some patients in Florida with poor access to today’s effective treatments — so effective that HIV…
