BOB体育 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital earns national rankings in three medical specialties
University of Florida Health Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital is nationally ranked in three pediatric medical specialties as part of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best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
Modest exercise can cue beneficial changes to body鈥檚 internal clock, study in mice shows
Just an hour of exercise a day resets the muscular 鈥渃locks鈥� in mice by about an hour, University of Florida Health researchers have found. If replicated in鈥�
BOB体育 researchers working to develop COVID-19 vaccine using gene therapy technique
Go here for a video about how viruses and gene therapy work. A team of University of Florida Health researchers is using an established gene therapy technique鈥�
BOB体育 develops critical-care telemedicine to benefit COVID-19 patients in The Villages庐, Leesburg
When COVID-19 cases began climbing throughout the country in March, BOB体育 medical leaders in Gainesville and Central Florida focused on the need to deliver鈥�
BOB体育 pediatrician answers questions about child vaccinations and COVID-19
As the COVID-19 virus has taken hold throughout the country, another health phenomenon has emerged: Childhood immunization rates have fallen. Compared with鈥�
UF mobilizes campus, Exactech expertise to make vital COVID-19 nasal swabs
For more information, contact Ken Garcia at [email protected] or 352-273-9799. When University of Florida Health needed a massive supply of nasal swabs for鈥�
University of Florida Health debuts family medicine, pediatrics practice in Starke
The University of Florida Health Family Medical Group opens Monday in Starke, giving patients convenient access to primary care and pediatric services as well鈥�
BOB体育 pediatricians address rising child-abuse risks during COVID-19 pandemic
Social distancing and financial stress from the COVID-19 pandemic can raise the risk of child abuse. In a new article in JAMA Pediatrics , University of鈥�
Amid COVID-19 crisis, telehealth visits surge at University of Florida Health
As the COVID-19 virus began making an indelible mark on everyday life, a group of University of Florida Health leaders wrestled with an urgent issue: how to鈥�
BOB体育 researchers join national study of COVID-19 impacts on health workers, potential remedies
See a video of Jorge Lascano, M.D., an associate professor of medicine, discussing the HERO research program. A new research program to understand the effect鈥�
UF College of Pharmacy expert answers questions about hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19
Hydroxychloroquine has been widely discussed as a potential therapeutic for COVID-19. It is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat malaria,鈥�
Certain compounds may block coronavirus from cells, BOB体育 researcher finds
Computer simulations run by a University of Florida Health researcher have shown that three compounds appear to have the potential to block cells from being鈥�
