In conjunction with Dr. Deborah Glueck of the Colorado School of Public Health, Dr. Keith Muller has launched a new website, www.SampleSizeShop.org, to help researchers with study design. The website contains free tutorials, papers, and talks related to calculating power and sample size for study design. SampleSizeShop.org also…
Dr. Jill Herndon has been appointed to the editorial board of Medicare & Medicaid Research Review (MMRR), a peer-reviewed, online journal published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to disseminate high-quality and relevant research to a wide audience of Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance stakeholders. …
Dr. I-Chan Huang has been appointed an Associate Editor for Quality of Life Research. This journal is an official journal of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) and a leading journal in the area of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) research. The 5-year…
BOSTON – May 31, 2012 – Drs. Baron-Lee, Knapp, and Shenkman of the University of Florida’s Institute for Child Health Policy have been selected to participate in a year-long executive leadership program designed to tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Drs. Baron-Lee, Knapp, and Shenkman are three of…
Dr. Stephanie Staras has received $150,000 from the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine for a grant whose goal is to improve adolescent vaccinations. Click here to read an article about Dr. Staras’ grant on the UF&Shands website. Click here to read an article in the Gainesville Sun about Dr.
The NIH/NIDCR has invited Dr. Jill Herndon to participate in its web-based Survey Research Methods Series, a collection of presentations by nationally-recognized experts on survey research design and analysis. Dr. Herndon’s presentation, Comparing and Linking Survey Data: Considerations for Working with Multiple Data Sources, can be viewed at…
Dr. Caprice Knapp has been invited to join the editorial advisory board of the Palliative Medicine journal. Palliative Medicine is a highly ranked, peer reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to improving knowledge and clinical practice in the palliative care of patients with far advanced disease. Click here to learn more about…
Dr. I-Chan Huang has been invited to present a study in a plenary session of the 12th International Conference on Long-Term Complications of Treatment of Children and Adolescents for Cancer. The topic of Dr. Huang’s presentation will focus on measuring long-term symptomatic late effects among adult survivors of childhood cancer. …
Click here to listen to Dr. Shenkman talk about the WIN grant on WUFT-FM/NPR. Click here to read this story on the College of Medicine website. Joining a gym to log in hours on the elliptical or hiring a nutritionist…
Dr. Kelli Komro has been selected to receive a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award. The three-year professorship recognizes faculty who have established a distinguished record of research, who play a key role in the University’s growing emphasis on graduate education, and whose scholarship is expected to lead to…
