Faculty sound bites — Fall 2017
College of Medicine faculty in the news
Ira Longini, PhD
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“It’s over. It’s gone.”
— Ira Longini, PhD, a UF professor of biostatistics, speaking with WUFT about the West Africa Ebola epidemic, which was eradicated in part by the ring vaccination trial he helped create with the World Health Organization, March 31.
Desmond Schatz, MD
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“Some people deny it. She was never in denial. For her it was ‘I have it, and I have to deal with it.’ She dealt with it.”
— Desmond Schatz, MD, medical director of the UF Diabetes Institute, discusses actress Mary Tyler Moore’s Type 1 diabetes experience with National Public Radio, Jan. 26. Moore died Jan. 25 at age 80.
Roger Fillingim, PhD
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“We know that men are often compelled by stereotypes to act tough and manly, so they may be reporting less pain than they really feel. By the same token, women may be encouraged to report pain.”
— Roger Fillingim, PhD, director of the UF Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, speaking with TIME Health on the cultural expectations of chronic pain, April 4.
James Lynch, MD
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“When someone has built up a life ledger full of meaningful experiences, the prospects of serious illness and death often do not seem so threatening.”
— James Lynch, MD, a UF professor of medicine, with Richard Gunderman, asking, “Can a dying patient be a healthy person?” in The Conversation, Feb. 8.
This story originally ran in the Fall 2017 issue of the Doctor Gator newsletter.
