Cynthia Vinson, Ph.D., interim director of the National Cancer Institute’s Implementation Science Program, will present a seminar on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 12:45 p.m. in the Clinical and Translational Research Building, Rooms 3161 and 3162. The seminar, entitled “Implementation Science at the National Cancer Institute,” is sponsored by the Department…
David Goodman, M.D., M.S., professor of pediatrics and community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, will conduct a seminar on “The Northern New England Pediatric Atlas” on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 1:30 p.m. in CTRB 2161. Goodman, who also works with The Dartmouth Institute,…
Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and director of the Institute for Child Health Policy, appeared on the podcast show Academic Minute in early September to discuss the Wellness Incentive and Navigation Project (WIN) in Houston, Texas. The project works with adults on Medicaid…
In a single week, Keith E. Muller, Ph.D., and his co-investigator Deborah H. Glueck, Ph.D., received two grants from the National Institutes of Health. Muller is a professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy in the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Glueck…
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., adjunct professor of health outcomes and policy, appeared on WCJB TV-20’s Medical Spotlight to discuss prescription pain reliever mortality trends in Florida as well as the importance of conducting research on the impact of new health policies.
Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, recently joined the CTSI Mentor Academy as part of the first class of investigators to complete the UF CTSI’s Master Mentor Program. The academy aims to support a culture of mentorship and to train investigators at…
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…
UF Medicine on the Rise: In early 2013, the University of Florida made a pledge: to better itself. It had good reason — and good ability. UF will begin receiving $15 million per year for five years after Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill that designates UF as preeminent.
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,”…
