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Laying the Groundwork

A field trip to UF Health introduces middle and high school girls to medicine. August 5, 2019—Formative experiences in childhood and young adulthood can often spark a lifelong passion and even influence one’s professional future. One UF College of Medicine faculty organization aimed to inspire young minds toward a…

The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has awarded a 2019 GI, Lung & Prostate Cancer Research Pilot Project to Dr. Maria Zajac-Kaye, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Dr. Timothy Garrett, Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine

Title: Targeting nucleotide synthesis and defining metabolic pathways in Kras– driven pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer remains a lethal, RAS-driven cancer with an incidence that has increased 60% over the past decade. Current chemotherapeutic regimens fail to meaningfully extend survival and result in drug resistance. RAS is a key initiator in…

Dr. Marco Salemi Named To Holloway University Chair

May 23, 2019 — Marco Salemi, Ph.D., an internationally recognized researcher in the department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine in the UF College of Medicine, has recently been appointed to the Stephany W. Holloway University Chair in AIDS Research. The Holloway Chair was established in 2004 thanks to the…

2019 Pathology Resident and Fellow Appreciation Photo Contest WINNERS

As part of our inaugural Resident and Fellow Appreciation Day, we hosted a photo contest.  Trainees were welcome to submit histomicrographs, gross images, electron microscopic images or any other “art” they find in pathology and laboratory medicine. The pictures will be displayed in the Founders Gallery and a…

UF tapped to help keep horse racing clean

The University of Florida will study the effects and how to detect a new form of local anesthetic in race horses. While a planned University of Florida research study of a local anesthetic will explore how to effectively stop its misuse in horse racing, the research may prove useful…

Veterinarians at UF test drug for horses

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB)– Veterinarians at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Racing Laboratory will soon be conducting a study on a local anesthetic and how it reacts when used on Thoroughbred horses. The drug Bupivacaine is meant to block the nerve impulses that send pain signals to…

FSP 45th (2019) Annual Anatomic Pathology Conference Highlights

Dr. Yanel De Los Santos, a second year resident in the UF Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, was awarded the second place in the digital poster competition at the Florida Society of Pathology’s 45th Annual Pathology Conference for her presentation “Distal rectal skip segment Hirschsprung disease: Rare variant…