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HOP Researcher Calls for Increased Research on Waterpipe in AJPH Commentary

Pointing to an alarming rise in the number of U.S. youths who use a waterpipe, or hookah, to smoke tobacco, Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., and two Florida-based public health researchers, are calling for more research to support recent government efforts to regulate the tobacco use method. Salloum, assistant professor…

PCORI Approves OneFlorida Clinical Data Network for Research

The OneFlorida Clinical Data Research Network is officially “Approved for Research,” after a rigorous review and data characterization cycle by PCORnet, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s national research data network.

HOP Chair Featured in UF Health Newsletter

The Post, UF Health’s monthly newsletter, featured Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., in the “Distinctions” section of the May edition, honoring her appointment as national co-chair of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s PCORnet Pediatrics Collaborative Research Group. The group will help the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute set national priorities for pediatric research…

HOP Faculty to Work with Medical Students in Research Program

Five University of Florida College of Medicine students have chosen to work under the mentorship of HOP faculty in the 2016 Medical Student Research Program (MSRP). The program allows first-year medical students to conduct a 10-week research project while receiving academic course credit. Participating students also receive a scholarship of…