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…
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…
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, spoke about her research on juvenile diabetes at a national conference, entitled A Collaborative Approach to Diabetes Care III: Reducing Readmissions & Costs While Exceeding in Patient Care Across the Healthcare Continuum, for nurse educators and…
Martin Wegman, M.D./Ph.D. student and Institute for Child Health Policy fellow, has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NIH F30) from the National Institute of Mental Health. The fellowship, which totals more than $40,000 per year for the next four years, will support Wegman as…
Brady Garrett, Ph.D, a counseling psychologist intern with Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health in Tahlequah, Okla., has received the first NIH-funded post-doctoral position with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and Institute for Child Health Policy. “I’m very excited, and extremely fortunate to have received this wonderful opportunity,”…
Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, will speak on the Wellness Incentives and Navigation (WIN) Project at HealthStreet’s upcoming Our Community, Our Health event on Thursday, July 31. Our Community, Our Health is a forum for conversation between health researchers and the…
A Department of Health Outcomes and Policy research team, led by Kelli Komro, Ph.D., received a $100,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health to explore patterns, risk factors and consequences of alcohol use among female Native American teenagers. This grant complements the team’s…
Many people delay and even skip visits to the dentist due to anxiety and fear. Now University of Florida researchers have discovered [...]
The Florida Department of Health has awarded $1.6 million to the University of Florida to help establish a statewide network [...]
Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of health outcomes and policy and a faculty member with the Institute for Child Health Policy, was elected to serve on the board of directors of the Society for Prevention Research on Thursday, May 29 at an awards presentation…
