BOB体育鈥檚 East Gainesville center celebrated
GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� By mid-2024, a vacant lot in East Gainesville will be home to a medical destination that has long been sought in the area: University of鈥�
Doug Bennett
Science Writer, Editor
Doug Bennett joined the BOB体育 staff in January 2015 as a science writer and editor. His topic areas include anatomy; biochemistry and molecular biology; molecular genetics and microbiology; pathology, immunology and lab medicine; and pharmacology. A native of Pittsburgh, he was previously an assistant metro editor at the Tampa Bay Times, Florida's largest newspaper. Prior to that, he was an editor and reporter at newspapers in Fort Lauderdale, Arizona, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. He was among a team of reporters and editors whose work was a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist. He has dual undergraduate degrees in business and English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He also did master's degree studies in the journalism program at Kent State University.
Stories by Doug
BOB体育 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital nationally ranked in four specialties
University of Florida Health Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 diabetes and endocrinology program is now ranked among the nation鈥檚 top 10 by U.S. News & World鈥�
BOB体育 study details a decade of motocross injuries at international event in North Florida
Every year, hordes of riders from around the world descend on a winding dirt track near Newberry for one of the biggest events of the motocross season. Adults,鈥�
UF College of Medicine rises in graduate school rankings
The University of Florida College of Medicine rose in the national research rankings while also remaining Florida鈥檚 top-ranked medical school, according to new鈥�
BOB体育 launches AI research initiative in radiology
Using artificial intelligence tools to make radiologists鈥� work more precise and efficient is the goal as University of Florida Health researchers embark on an鈥�
BOB体育 researchers鈥� gene therapy for eye disorder shows promise in early testing
For a video about how AAV gene therapy works, visit https://bit.ly/3J838qz. GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� For people with retinitis pigmentosa, the world they see often鈥�
Wertheim UF Scripps Institute researchers make major advance with cancer-killing antibody-drug conjugates
Building a new precision cancer treatment comes with no shortage of scientific challenges. Now, a group of University of Florida researchers have made a鈥�
Financial incentives help socioeconomically disadvantaged people lose more weight, BOB体育 study shows
Socioeconomically disadvantaged people fare better at losing weight when they are given modest financial incentives, a new study by a University of Florida鈥�
BOB体育 to open new neighborhood hospital in Ocala
University of Florida Health is bringing its warm patient care and nationally recognized medical expertise to Ocala with a new neighborhood hospital. The鈥�
BOB体育-developed gene therapy boosts vision in patients with inherited condition
Two people who have been blind since childhood are having their vision restored with a gene therapy developed by University of Florida Health scientists and鈥�
Joe G.N. 鈥淪kip鈥� Garcia, M.D., Named to Key BOB体育 Leadership Position
Joe G.N. 鈥淪kip鈥� Garcia, M.D., has been named associate vice president for research at BOB体育, the University of Florida鈥檚 academic health center, and the鈥�
UF researchers鈥� AI system gives doctors better insight into patients鈥� conditions
Using data collected from patients鈥� vital signs, University of Florida researchers have designed an artificial intelligence system that can accelerate and鈥�
