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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.

William Hogan, M.D., was elected to membership in the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), a distinction that is considered one of the highest honors in the field of medical informatics.

Pointing to an alarming rise in the number of U.S. youths who use a waterpipe, or hookah, to smoke tobacco, Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., and two Florida-based public health researchers, are calling for more research to support recent government efforts to regulate the tobacco use method. Salloum, assistant professor…

Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., was selected to attend a grant-writing workshop in San Antonio, Texas, this fall sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The Post, UF Health’s monthly newsletter, featured Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., in the “Distinctions” section of the May edition, honoring her appointment as national co-chair of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s PCORnet Pediatrics Collaborative Research Group. The group will help the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute set national priorities for pediatric research…

Five University of Florida College of Medicine students have chosen to work under the mentorship of HOP faculty in the 2016 Medical Student Research Program (MSRP). The program allows first-year medical students to conduct a 10-week research project while receiving academic course credit. Participating students also receive a scholarship of…