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Many people delay and even skip visits to the dentist due to anxiety and fear. Now University of Florida researchers have discovered [...]
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 [...]
The Florida Department of Health has awarded $1.6 million to the University of Florida to help establish a statewide network that will quickly bring the benefits of research in labs and other clinical settings to more than 9 million patients in all of Florida’s 67 counties.
Alana Christou, academic program coordinator for the department of health outcomes and policy, and Gina Eubanks, a current Ph.D. student and research coordinator in the department, successfully completed a two-day recruiting effort at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting in San Diego, Calif., from June 8-10. “I think it was a great…
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…
Martin Wegman, an NIH TL1 Predoctoral Fellow and an M.D. /Ph.D. student at the University of Florida, has been invited to present his paper, “Flexible Wellness Account Purchase Requests by Medicaid Enrollees with Co-Occurring Physical and Mental Illness,” during the Chair’s Forum at the 142nd American Public Health…
A research scientist with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Kimberly Case, Ph.D., presented a seminar entitled “Innovative Study Designs and Methods for Behavioral Interventions to Improve Health” at the Dental Science Building on Thursday, April 24. The seminar covered several new techniques for designing studies that are not…
Dr. Alexander Wagenaar served as a co-author of a new marijuana policy paper that was featured in a news release by the RAND Corporation. The paper, published by the American Journal of Public Health, discusses how strategies used to control alcohol and tobacco may also serve to regulate marijuana.
HOP Fellow and MD-PhD student Martin Wegman has been selected as the Outstanding Graduate or Professional Student at this year’s Impact Awards. Martin received the award for his service as Director for the Equal Access Clinics, Board Member for Southwest Advocacy Group, and President of the American College of Medical…
Dr. Kelli Komro is a co-author of an important Cochrane systematic review that researched the effectiveness of interventions using the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Health Promoting School (HPS) approach. The HPS approach includes health education in the curriculum; changing the school’s social or physical environment, or both; and involving families…