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.
This new implementation research, titled Monitoring Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes During Cancer Treatment, will collect data from cancer patients over two years to investigate how the feedback system affects provider workload and patient behavior.
Two University of Florida student researchers earned high praise for their poster presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Lina Modjarrad and Miranda Reid were honored at the event in New Orleans in March.
Cancer Research Seeking new solutions…
Researchers are expanding a successful program that teaches spouses and other caregivers how to support a patient living with a blood cancer, such as leukemia. Newly filmed videos will feature the expertise of caregiving expert, Allison J. Applebaum, PhD, a professor and director of the Center for Caregiving at the…
Several of our department’s students and faculty members participated in the UF Health Cancer Center’s annual Research Showcase on February 12, 2025. …
Sara Tohme, second from right, presented a winning poster: “Refinement of Patient Education Material of HPV Self-Collection Tests: Focus Group Discussions with Socially Vulnerable Women.” Several of our department’s students and faculty members participated in the UF Health Cancer Center’s annual Research Showcase on February 12, 2025. Student…
Jamie Hensley, MHCM, CCRP, navigated booths where community health educators shared cancer prevention tips and screening guidelines, and outreach workers stacked giveaway boxes full of vegetables and food staples.
The UF Health Cancer Center invites you to its annual Research Showcase 2025 at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Feb. 12.
A prestigious award of more than $850,000 from the National Cancer Institute will support Rahma Mkuu, PhD, as she builds her expertise in implementation science over the next five years while adressing cervical cancer screening disparities among women living with chronic conditions. Mkuu is an assistant professor and chronic disease researcher in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics within the University of Florida’s College of Medicine.
