Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., is the new director of education and training for the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy (HOP). Gurka joined UF in 2015 as early childhood preeminent professor with a dual appointment in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and the Anita Zucker Center…
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and associate director of the Institute for Child Health Policy, was elected to serve on the Research and Scholarship Council of the UF Faculty Senate. Beginning in June, Gurka will serve a three-year term on the council, which…
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., served on the committee that organized the University of Florida’s inaugural Early Childhood National Summit held in Orlando earlier this year.
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., was elected for membership in the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR), a professional organization dedicated to research that advances the health and well-being of children and youth worldwide. The SPR provides an international forum for presenting and disseminating innovative ideas and child health research. Academic researchers…
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., was invited to serve a three-year term on the editorial board of The Journal of Pediatrics beginning January 1, 2017.
Matthew J. Gurka, Ph.D., has published an article in the American Statistical Association’s membership magazine, Amstat News.
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., has accepted an appointment to serve on a committee of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
When both adult and pediatric patients come to their checkups with a certain nexus of problems – obesity, high blood pressure, high glucose levels, low “good” cholesterol, and high triglycerides – most doctors know they are on the road for increased risk of cardiovascular disease. That road, though, has a…
