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HOP Faculty Member Presents Paper at AMIA Conference
Amanda Hicks, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, presented a paper at the American Medical Informatics Association’s 2015 Annual Symposium. The conference was held from November 14-18 in San Francisco, California. Hicks is the first author of the paper “An Analysis of WordNet’s Coverage…
Cardel and Modave Receive a UF CTSI Pilot Project Award to Create App for Diabetes and Obesity
François Modave, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, and...
New HOP Faculty Selected as Grand Prize Winner of the American Society of Nutrition’s Young Minority Investigator Award
Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was selected as the 2015 recipient of the American Society of Nutrition’s Grand Prize for Young Minority Investigators. The selection process for this award had several components. First, Cardel was given a travel award…
University Scholars Program Student Published in UF’s Journal of Undergraduate Research
Deina Bossa, a current M.D. candidate and former undergraduate participant in the University Scholars Program with the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was published in the Spring 2015 issue of the University of Florida’s Journal of Undergraduate Research. Her paper, “Explaining State Variation in Medicaid Expenditures,” discusses the…
Shenkman Receives UF Research Foundation Professorship Award
Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was selected to receive a University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship, which recognizes faculty who have established a distinguished record of research and scholarship. Shenkman was specifically commended for her key role in the university’s research enterprise…
Assistant Research Scientist Receives Grant from AcademyHealth to Examine Health Care Quality for Foster Youth
Melissa Bright, Ph.D., assistant research scientist in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, was...
Research Team Creates Brief, Reliable Alcohol Risk Survey for American Indian and White Adolescents
As part of a large-scale, NIH-funded prevention science study that aims to reduce underage alcohol use among American Indians and other adolescents in rural Oklahoma, an Institute for Child Health Policy and Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health team designed and executed a novel alcohol risk survey. “American Indians suffer from alcohol-related…
Three Pediatric Workgroup Projects Funded
The University of Florida’s Department of Pediatrics, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Institute for Child Health Policy, and Family Data Center recently reviewed applications for the creation of three workgroups focused on intervention studies and health outcomes in pediatric research. Research proposals receive funding of up to $10,000 to…
Research Design Expert to Present Preliminary Findings at National Dissemination and Implementation Conference
Kelli Komro, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, will be speaking about reducing health disparities in underserved communities at the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth’s conference on Dec. 9. The seventh annual conference, entitled The Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Transforming Health Systems to…
