New Year, New Online Presence
Three Resolutions for Updating Your UF/UF Health Profiles
It’s a new year, and with that comes New Year’s resolutions. With that in mind, we have a few suggested resolutions for updating your online presence.
What are some benefits of keeping your online presence updated?
- Increased visibility for patients
- Increased visibility for fellow faculty, staff, students
- Increased visibility for members of the media
- Increased visibility of publications, research efforts
- Aids in fostering collaboration
- Aids in recruitment efforts
- Promotes the organizations in which you hold membership
- Builds your reputation and that of the University of Florida
Resolution #1: I will review and update my information in the UFHCC Member List
The new UFHCC member list is currently in beta and is not live to the public.
This webpage contains a table of all our Cancer Center members and includes their photos, names, assigned research programs, titles, departments, colleges and research interest topics. The table is searchable and sortable per each heading.
Please Note:
- By default, the list only shows 10 people at a time; please click “Next” for more entries.
- Not all photos have been uploaded yet, but the process is underway.
- Going forward, this list will be updated quarterly.
- If some of your information is incorrect, please send corrections to Jacob Harmer at jacob.harmer@ufl.edu.
Research Interest Topics:
- You should have received several emails from Jacob Harmer on behalf of the UFHCC Research Admin team, asking for your Research Interest Topics. He requested that you choose 10 topics or fewer from this list.
- If you recently submitted Research Interest Topics to Jacob Harmer but do not see your field filled out, rest assured it is already in the queue to be completed.
- If your Research Interest Topics are otherwise blank, incomplete or incorrect, please email your corrections to Jacob Harmer at jacob.harmer@ufl.edu
Resolution #2: I will update my profile on the new UF Health Directory
The UF Health Web Services team recently did a soft launch of their new UF Health Directory, which is active but still in beta. The director of UF Health Web Services recently gave the communications team a sneak peak of this exciting new tool, and answered some of our pressing questions:
Q: What is the UF Health Directory?
A: The UF Health Web Directory is a new profile management tool for UF Health faculty, staff and students. It contains profile information on all UF Health-related persons, regardless of their location or affiliation. This includes faculty, staff and students for UF, as well as staff at UF Health Shands (and related hospitals), and UF Health Jacksonville. It is intended to be an internal tool — although it can be viewed by members of the public if they are directed to it (with additional login capabilities to protect privacy).
Q: What is the purpose of the UF Health Directory?
A: The UF Health directory provides powerful search capabilities for people within the UF Health system. You can search by someone’s name or enter a topic/keyword. When searching for a topic (e.g. “prostate cancer”) the directory now allows you to choose between clinician or researcher results — and then narrow those results using a variety of fields. More importantly, the UF Health directory also allows individuals to update their own profile information — which is notable because it feeds directly into their profiles on UFHealth.org. So if you have a profile on UFHealth.org, you can update that content by updating your UF Health Directory profile!
Q: Does updating my UF Health Directory profile also update my UF College or Department profile?
A: Not currently, but that is the next planned step. The UF Health Web Services team intends to complete and activate the new system wide website design (Apollo 2) before integrating the UF Health Directory in the same way, so that could take six months to a year to complete. In the meantime, please update your UF profile by communicating with your department contact per usual; if you don’t know who that is, please email Web Services here.
Q: Why is there an option to log into the UF Health Directory?
A: You cannot see a person’s complete profile unless you are logged in; certain information is therefore not publicly accessible. You also can log in to update your own profile.
Q: I see the grants and publications sections are automatically being streamed in from another source. How does that work?
A: Yes, this is a much more efficient way to keep this information up to date. However, as this is still in beta, please note that it’s possible that not all your publications or grants will be listed — please be patient. The publication data is being streamed in from your VIVO account (also worth updating!) and grants are being streamed in Research Office’s UFirst system, so the data should be highly accurate.
Resolution #3: I will update my professional portrait as needed
Is your UF/UF Health photo A) More than five years old B) A small size or poor resolution C) Not a professional headshot D) Non-existent?
If any of the above, please consider having a new photo taken. How? Several times a month, UF Health photography dedicates open studio hours for professional headshots. For example, these are the open studio hours in February:
- 01/30 3-4 p.m.
- 02/01 9-10 a.m.
- 02/12 9-10 a.m.
- 02/14 3-4 p.m.
- 02/27 3-4 p.m.
You do not need to make an appointment. Simply stop by the photo studio (Communicore C2-20) during one of these time slots — it only takes a few minutes. For directions and a full list of studio hours, click here (and scroll to the bottom).