Media Coverage

Here we provide links to recent news items and stories that feature our department or researchers. Links do not imply endorsement or accuracy.

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December 2025

GLP-1 use before pregnancy may raise preeclampsia risk, lower gestational diabetes risk

by Michael Monostra

Dominick Lemas, Ph.D.

October 2025

Novel Program Aims to Provide Patient-Level Clinical Trial Communication Skills to Hematology/Oncology Fellows

by Kyle Doherty

Carma Bylund Headshot

August 2025

Ozempic Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk

by Hannah Millington, Newsweek

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July 2025

Q&A: Unnecessary cancer screenings continue years after guidelines change

by Andrew (Drew) Rhoades

Photo of Jennifer LeLaurin

April 2025

Autism Acceptance Month Spotlight: From PCORnet® Data Reports to Patient-Centered Research Results

by PCORNET

Brittney Roth Manning, associate director of clinical research, department of health outcomes and biomedical informatics

April 2025

More people aged 65+ are trying out cannabis. Here’s what to know about the risks and benefits

by Sarah Sloat

Chris Kaufmann, PhD

October 2024

Love Blooms on “The Golden Bachelorette”—Whether or Not She’s Around

By John Jurgensen, The Wall Street Journal

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July 2024

UF Health study finds glucose-lowering drugs not linked to suicide risk in older adults

by Lillian Lawson

Yi Guo

April 2024

Opinion in Stat about breast milk and Medicaid

by Sionika Thayagabalu and Dominick Lemas, University of Florida

December 2023

Medical Text Written By Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Doctors

by William A. Haseltine, Forbes

November 2023

Medical AI tool gets human thumbs-up in first study

by Jim W. Harper, University of Florida

October 2021

NLP powers clinical concept extraction, medical Q&A and more at UF Health

by Bill Siwicki, Healthcare IT News

Videos

Podcast on video: That Was Us

Watch this episode of “That Was Us: A Rewatch Podcast” that features Carma Bylund, Ph.D., discussing the hit show This Is Us, Season 3, Episode 15: The Waiting Room. Skip ahead to 1:11 to hear Bylund’s discussion with three stars of the show about doctor-patient communication. The NBC show This Is Us ended in 2022 and continues with strong viewership on streaming platforms. (Click on the CC icon for closed captioning, and obtain a transcript on YouTube).

The podcast That Was Us reviews episodes of the show This Is Us.
Managed Healthcare Executive interviewed Rahma Mkuu, Ph.D., about the new Teal Wand for cervical cancer screening.
CNBC featured a HOBI doctoral student, Faith Heeren, and her family’s journey with weight control and injectable diabetes medications.
This YouTube video, provided by TV 47 Kenya, features our faculty member Rahma Mkuu, Ph.D., discussing cancer prevention. It was streamed live on June 20, 2024.
Sonya White, an associate director in HOBI, speaks about her journey at UF and working with the Biomedical Informatics team.

WeightWatchers

An adjunct faculty member, Michelle Cardel, PhD, FTOS, also serves as the chief nutrition officer for WeightWatchers. In that capacity, Cardel often has opportunities to interact with popular media, and some of those stories are featured below. Inclusion of this information does not imply endorsement of WeightWatchers.

December 2024

Dizzy after one drink? Social drinkers on obesity drugs lose the taste for alcohol.

by Allison Aubrey

November 2024

Obesity Drugs could help Lower Alcohol Intake

by Scott Buzby

November 2024

Do Patients on Anti-Obesity Drugs Decrease Alcohol Use?

by Miriam E. Tucker

This video from NewsPoint360 shares an interview with Dr. Michelle Cardel. It was published on Apr 21, 2021.