UF, FDA to train clinicians in pharmaceutical outcomes and policy sciences
The first University of Florida-Food and Drug Administration graduate scholarship students in pharmaceutical outcomes and policy met with faculty recently鈥�
Linda Homewood
Director of Communications, UF College of Pharmacy
Linda Homewood, APR is the Director of News & Communications for the UF College of Pharmacy, she is also the editor of the college鈥檚 alumni magazine, GATORx. An accredited member of the Florida Public Relations Association, she has more than 18 years of public relations and marketing communications experience in government, corporate industry, and higher education. Homewood joined UF in 2002, and works closely with UF news offices to report ongoing faculty research and pharmacy education news to news media and professional pharmacy associations. She is a member of UF Communications Network and UF Editors Forum. She also works closely with the college鈥檚 Office of Development and Alumni Affairs team to keep UF pharmacy alumni informed about news and events in the college.
Stories by Linda
Congressional report cites uf for teaching attorneys about forensic science
The best way to prepare lawyers and judges in forensic science evidence is through scientific courses, reports the National Research Council, citing the鈥�
Genetic tests may improve dosing of widely used anti-clotting drug
Julie A. Johnson Doctors can use a patient's genetic information to more accurately prescribe doses of a commonly used blood-thinning drug whose potency and鈥�
Researchers find cancer-inhibiting compound under the sea
Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicinal chemistry (Photo by Sarah Kiewel) University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have discovered鈥�
UF study examines heart risks of stimulants in children with ADHD
Almut Winterstein, Ph.D. Stimulant medications used to treat children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder may be responsible for an increased number鈥�
UF achieves national excellence in pharmacy professional programs
(l-r) front: Shands Jacksonville pharmacists Thanh Hogan and Sharon A. Basile, UF clinical professor of pharmacy David M. Angaran and UF College of Pharmacy鈥�
UF reaches milestone in building a Gator Nation of pharmacists
Attending the University of Florida College of Pharmacy August commencement are (left to right) WPPD clinical faculty members Nancy Kazarian, Pharm.D., and鈥�
UF researchers question effectiveness of decongestant
Leslie Hendeles, Pharm.D, UF pharmacists (Photo by Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida) University of Florida pharmacists say a popular decongestant in鈥�
$1 million gift creates College of Pharmacy's first graduate endowment
The UF College of Pharmacy has received a welcome dose of support to create its first-ever graduate endowment. The A.J. Spiegel Foundation has pledged $1鈥�
University of Florida earns national recognition in distance education
Dr. Victor Lechtenberg from Purdue University (left), vice chair of the ADEC board of directors, presents the 2006 ADEC Award of Excellence to Drs. Ian Tebbett鈥�
UF distance education graduates identify missing persons in their homeland
Arijana Pozder and Ana Milos tackled graduate school with a vengeance. The Bosnian students took an average of three University of Florida online graduate鈥�
Peris receives a three-year grant for $752,250
Joanna Peris, Ph.D., and an associate professor in the department of pharmacodynamics, has received a three-year grant for $752,250 from the National Institute鈥�