Announcements

Todd Manini, Ph.D., is one of four faculty members in the College of Medicine to be named a 2026 UF Research Foundation Professor.

A new graduate certificate, AI & Data Science in Healthcare, is being offered by the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics in the University of Florida College of Medicine.

During this year’s two-day Celebration of Research event, seven University of Florida College of Medicine faculty members received recognition for their contributions as outstanding, rising star and pioneering researchers in their respective fields.

A UF College of Medicine research team launched a six-month pilot award study in February that applies AI to brain tumor research. The team will investigate MRI imaging to improve predictions of how the immune systems of brain tumor patients respond to therapies. The grant from UF Health’s…

As the months accumulated, so did the accolades and accomplishments of our department. Take a stroll down HOBI’s memory lane as we revisit some of the moments, photos, and stories that got our attention this year.

Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., associate director for community outreach and engagement at the UF Health Cancer Institute, has been elected vice chair of the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council.

Students and faculty members in the Division of Implementation Science and Health Interventions will feature prominently in the 18th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.

Please join me in congratulating Yi Guo, PhD, FAMIA, on being appointed as Division Chief for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science.

Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., Professor and Division Director for Implementation Science and Health Interventions has been appointed to serve on the Science of Implementation in Health and Healthcare Study Section (SIHH), a standing study section in the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Rahma Mkuu, Ph.D. Rahma S. Mkuu, Ph.D., answers questions about the first device approved by the FDA for cervical cancer screening. The device from the company Teal Health has an accuracy for detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) that equals tests conducted in a medical office. Nearly all cervical cancers…