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HOP Faculty Awarded Pilot Grant to Develop Diabetes Mentoring Program for Youth
While low socioeconomic status is known to negatively affect children with Type 1 Diabetes, little is known about the underlying causes of such disparities.
HOP Student to Present at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Martin Wegman, an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awardee and M.D.-Ph.D. student at the University of Florida, will present an abstract at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Boston on June 26-28. The AcademyHealth meeting is the leading forum for professionals in the field…
HOP Faculty Featured on Fox 35 Orlando on Healthy Alternatives to Favorite Foods
Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., was featured in a news segment about healthy eating on the TV news station Fox 35 Orlando.
Local Newspaper Features HOP Expert on Risks of Smoking Hookah
Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., was featured as an expert in the article “Research shows hookah may not be the safe alternative to cigarettes after all,” in the Independent Florida Alligator.
HOP Faculty Featured in Three News Segments
In December, Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was featured on three separate occasions on the TV news station, Fox 35 News Orlando. In these segments, she discusses how to get kids to eat their veggies, what holiday…
