UF, BOB体育 announce gift and new $75 million initiative to expand Norman Fixel Institute
The University of Florida and BOB体育 on Tuesday announced an additional $25 million gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation aimed at improving鈥�
Michelle Jaffee
Science Writer
Michelle Koidin Jaffee is the Science Writer for the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida. In more than 20 years as a journalist, she worked as a reporter for the Associated Press in six cities and as a features writer for the San Antonio Express-News. In 2006, she wrote a weekly column for the Express-News about life with her infant twins during her husband鈥檚 deployment to Iraq. Before joining the BOB体育 staff in February 2016, she also served as a regular contributor to the American Heart Association鈥檚 news site. A native of Chicago, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied government and Spanish.
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BOB体育 neurosurgeon awarded $38 million grant to lead national stroke prevention trial
The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday awarded a $38 million, five-year grant to Brian Hoh, M.D., M.B.A., the University of Florida鈥檚 chair of鈥�
Deep brain stimulation settings may be successfully managed at home after surgery, study shows
New research published today shows that people receiving deep brain stimulation, or DBS, for the treatment of Parkinson鈥檚 disease may be managed successfully鈥�
BOB体育 first in U.S. to implant new, advanced deep brain stimulation system
A team of University of Florida Health neurosurgeons and neurologists recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a newly FDA-approved, technologically鈥�
New AI tool to be tested in NIH-funded study to improve diagnosis of Parkinson鈥檚 and related disorders
University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with early鈥�
Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., named chair of UF department of neuroscience
University of Florida neuroscientist Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., an expert in brain aging, has been named chair of the UF College of Medicine鈥檚 department of鈥�
BOB体育 in Gainesville begins vaccinating high-risk health care employees against COVID-19
After months of anguish and anticipation, after the long days and the longer nights of a pandemic that has stressed communities across Florida, the nation and鈥�
UF neurosurgery chair elected president of Congress of Neurological Surgeons
University of Florida neurosurgery chair Brian Hoh, M.D., MBA, has been elected the 2020-21 president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, one of the鈥�
New study shows common diabetes drug improves symptoms in genetic form of ALS in mice
New preclinical research shows a commonly used Type 2 diabetes drug can improve symptoms in a specific genetic form of ALS and frontotemporal dementia in mice.鈥�
Florida鈥檚 Alzheimer鈥檚 research consortium awarded $15 million grant to focus on diverse populations
The 1Florida Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Research Center, or 1Florida ADRC, a University of Florida-organized consortium of leading research institutions aimed at鈥�
He survived a heart transplant, a kidney transplant and, along with his family, COVID-19
Enell 鈥淭rent鈥� Porter had long battled hereditary congestive heart failure and diabetes, at times falling critically ill. But the 50-year-old had a new shot at鈥�
Interactive medical simulations in ERs, ICUs help clinicians prepare for COVID-19 intubations
/sites/default/files/media/COVID-When a patient is in severe respiratory distress and needs to be put on a ventilator, health care providers race to insert a鈥�
