Monthly HAAs
Honors, Awards + Achievements
Congratulations
Li-Ming Su, M.D.
At the 36th WCE meeting held in Paris, Dr. Li-Ming Su was nominated and approved by the Board of Directors and Delegates of the Endourology Society to serve as the Chairman of the Fellowship Committee of the Endourology Society.
Catherine Flores, Ph.D.
The editors at Nature Communications put together an Editors’ Highlights webpage of recent research on Stem Cells and Diseases and Ylenia Lombardo chose to feature Dr. Flores’article, entitled “Lin−CCR2+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells overcome resistance to PD-1 blockade.” The webpage can be accessed HERE.
William Friedman, M.D.
Longtime neurosurgery chair William A. Friedman, M.D., now has a new title to add: inductee of the UF College of Medicine Wall of Fame, the college’s highest honor.
The Wall of Fame Award began in 1988 to recognize alumni of the UF College of Medicine who have made significant contributions not only to medicine, but government, education and the community.
Daniel Faron
Daniel Faron, UF Urology Operations Manager, was chosen chosen to receive Gator Business Administrator Services (GBAS) Certification. The mission of the GBAS program is to develop and sustain a network of top quality business professionals who provide efficient and effective financial and administrative solutions to campus.
Martina C Murphy, M.D.
Dr. Martina Murphy was accepted into the 2019 Association of American Medical Colleges Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar.
David DeRemer, Pharm.D.
Dr. David DeRemer was elected as president-elect of the 2019-2020 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association board of directors.
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Grants
These awards are jointly funded by the UF Health Cancer Center and Survivors For Research, Inc.; a non-profit organization dedicated to making real, meaningful differences in the community. It was established after co-founders Barb Thomas and Terry Weber, identified a real need in the area of Triple Negative Breast Cancer research and education.
With their strong base of dedicated volunteers, and financial support from individuals and businesses, they are empowered to pursue their mission and cause. Their work is driven by a core group of idealistic individuals who realize the power to affect change comes from their tireless efforts.
2018 Awardees
Principal Investigators: Coy Heldermon, M.D., Ph.D.; Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.
Project Title: Nanoparticle RNA vaccination for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer
Debra Lyon, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Dr. Lyon, the executive associate dean of the UF College of Nursing, along with Joyce Stechmiller, Ph.D., ARNP, FAAN, the undergraduate program director, received an award for an National Institute of Nursing Research R01 grant, “Biobehavioral mechanisms underlying symptoms and healing outcomes in older individuals with CVLU.” The five-year, $2.7 million grant is aimed at identifying the complex biobehavioral mechanisms responsible for symptoms and healing outcomes for older adults with venous leg ulcers, or VLU, for the development of targeted therapies that address patient-oriented outcomes and healing outcomes.
Thomas Schmittgen, Ph.D.
Dr. Thomas Schmittgen, a professor, has been appointed chair of the department of pharmaceutics. He will be responsible for advancing the department’s research priorities, including translational drug development, drug delivery and pharmacometrics and system pharmacology. In addition to leading current faculty, he will help the department recruit additional faculty to strengthen its research and educational missions.
Kudos!
Teaching Science to First Graders
Cancer physician/researcher Christopher Cogle, M.D., and several grad students, medical students and undergraduates visited Lawton Chiles Elementary School in Gainesville yesterday to help teach science to first graders.
They taught aerobic respiration using yeast, sugar water, balloons and bread. Nutrition students also taught the first graders about healthy eating.
National Mammogram Day
On National Mammogram Day, College of Nursing faculty and staff traded in their orange and blue today to wear pink and show their commitment to health promotion and to support the effort to reduce the risk of breast cancer, a disease that impacts so many worldwide.
Congratulations to our 2018-2019 UFHCC USP Scholars!
2018-2019 UFHCC USP Scholars
The UF Health Cancer Center University Scholars Program provides a competitive, two-semester research opportunity introducing UF undergraduate students to academic research and providing cancer research experience in basic, clinical or population sciences.
Students self-select their research interests aligned with our Research Programs. Applicants are evaluated on their cancer interests and goals, academic qualifications, extracurricular activities/community service, letter of recommendation and overall quality of application.
Selected applicants are matched with UF Health Cancer Center mentors. 3-4 interns per research program are accepted annually. Scholars complete individual research projects, present their findings at a research symposium, and publish in a peer-reviewed journal.
Graduate students and post-doctoral trainees involved in cancer research serve as student guides, participating in teaching monthly research seminars that include laboratory demonstrations and career development lectures.
11 scholars were selected for the inaugural 2018 UF Health Cancer Center University Scholars Program: 2 in the Cancer Population Science Research Program, 5 in the Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response Research Program, and 4 in the Mechanisms of Oncogenesis Research Program.
Congratulations, Madeline Borcyk, John Cassidy, Cheyenne Heflin, Sandra Hegeman, Tiffany Le, Natalie Miscik, Shalini Nair, Kristin Recker, Zachary Sandoval, Lindsey Staton, and Aaron Winer!
