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Chief Residents 2020-21

We are extremely pleased to announce that Drs. Ashlie Rubrecht and Kait Weaver will be our Chief Residents for the 2020-21 year!  They will officially take over on July 1 and will be gearing up until then.  Please join me in congratulating them on all…

2019-2020 Graduate Appreciation Awards

Congratulations to Josephine Brown and Vanessa Rubio for this year’s graduate appreciation award for 2019-2020.  Your work and accomplishments are meaningful to the department and UF and we wish you much success in the future. …

2nd Annual Pathology Photo Contest

We didn’t let social distancing and quarantining prevent us from hosting our 2nd Annual Pathology Photo Contest – we adapted to a virtual platform instead!   Trainees were welcome to submit histomicrographs, gross images, electron microscopic images, or any other “art” they find in pathology and laboratory medicine.  Judging was…

PhD Grad: MacKenzie D. Williams

Mentor: Dr. Mark Atkinson Dr. MacKenzie Williams’ role within the University of Florida Diabetes Institute followed a unique evolution: first as a “friend of the lab” while working as a barista at Opus Coffee, then a brief time as a research technician in Dr. Mark Atkinson’s laboratory, and finally as…

PhD Grad: Melanie R. Shapiro

Mentors: Dr. Todd Brusko and Dr. Mark Atkinson Dr. Melanie Shapiro is, without question, one of the most – if not the most – talented young scientists we have ever encountered throughout our combined 35 years as principal investigators. Her knowledge of and dedication to type 1 diabetes research far exceeds expectations. …

Annual Fungus Ball

The Fungus ball is an annual event sponsored by UF Pathology to celebrate the end of pre-clinical years by second year medical students. The students (MS2) took the time to vote for several awards this year including the “Best Integrated Pathology Course” and “top 6 Pathology Lecturers” over the first…