Award

Awards are flying into the hands of exceptional employees within the College of Medicine’s Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics.

During this year’s two-day Celebration of Research event, seven University of Florida College of Medicine faculty members received recognition for their contributions as outstanding, rising star and pioneering researchers in their respective fields.

Three instructors from the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics were honored by the College of Medicine with a 2025 Exemplary Teacher Award. They are: Professor Carla Fisher, Ph.D., M.S.W. Associate Professor Megan Gregory Ph.D. Assistant Professor…

HOBI graduate Dr. Jeremy Balch, M.D., Ph.D., a general-surgery resident and recent doctoral graduate in biomedical informatics, received the AI Research Dissertation Award for developing AI tools that improve surgical safety and efficiency.

Data science professional and certified cinephile Piyush Chaudhari has watched hundreds of films, but there’s one menacing movie with a special place in his head.

UF Health Cancer Center member Rui Yin, Ph.D., has received a grant from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation to develop leading-edge artificial intelligence technologies to identify microRNA (miRNA) interactions in colorectal cancer.

The State of Texas has awarded a contract to the University of Florida’s Institute for Child Health Policy to assess the quality of care of both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

The University of Florida is participating in a large national program to create an efficient and mobile healthcare delivery system for rural areas, awarded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.  As hundreds of hospitals in rural areas struggle to survive financially,…

A new $1 million award to the University of Florida will enable advanced artificial intelligence research that could repurpose electronic health records and create content to improve healthcare services.

Stephanie Staras, PhD, won the Principal Investigator award from the University of Florida Health Cancer Center for exceptional trial recruitment in 2023. She received the award in January at a ceremony at the Cade Museum in Gainesville, Florida. Staras is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics.