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Important updates on COVID-19

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At UF College of Medicine, the safety of our students, faculty, staff, patients & community are top priority
A woman looks down at her smartwatch while running her other hand through her hair.

UF Health researchers look to smartwatch app to fend off pandemic face touching

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Can a smartwatch help prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus?
By Bill Levesque
A bottle of medication labeled Remdesivir.

Trio of medications showing early promise against coronavirus, UF Health researchers find

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researchers see promising results in tests of a trio of drugs intended to fight the virus that causes COVID-19
By Doug Bennett
Health care workers prep a patient in the I-C-U.

UF Health enrolls first patients in national COVID-19 study on convalescent blood plasma

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UF Health recently enrolled the first two patients in a national study
By Bill Levesque
Two researchers work in a lab while wearing personal protective equipment.

UF Health researchers working to develop COVID-19 vaccine using gene therapy technique

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Potential COVID-19 vaccine that uses a gene therapy technique is being studied by rare-disease expert and team
By Doug Bennett
Two people do a drive-through COVID-19 test

UF Health students tackle community needs through COVID-19 Student Service Corps

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Students across UF Health join forces to aid local community members in need during COVID-19 pandemic
By Tyler Francischine
Screen shot from video of a patient and his wife sending a video message of thanks to health care workers

UF medical students launch website to thank those on the front lines of COVID-19 pandemic

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6ftCloser website asks users to record short thank you videos that are shared with those working on front lines
By Tyler Francischine
P-V-C pipe and other items used to build the open-source ventilator

UF-led pandemic ventilator moves forward in meeting milestones toward approval for COVID-19

In College, Faculty, Featured Article, Staff
UF-led international project to design, build a low-cost, DIY ventilator is moving forward in meeting milestones
By Michelle Koidin Jaffee

UF Medicine News

Collage of portraits, from left to right: Doctor Brian Hoh; Doctor Daniel Hoh; Doctor Maryam Rahman.

UF neurosurgery chair elected president of Congress of Neurological Surgeons

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UF neurosurgery chair Dr. Brian Hoh has been elected the 2020-21 president of Congress of Neurological Surgeons
By Michelle Koidin Jaffee
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Together we must stand

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A message from UF College of Medicine Interim Dean Dr. Joseph A. Tyndall
By Joseph A. Tyndall, MD, MPH

College

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Alumni News

Separated by distance, united in memory

UF College of Medicine alumni reunited virtually during Alumni Weekend 2020
By Tyler Francischine
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In Your Mailbox

R. Dean Hautamaki, M-D, leans against a second-story railing in the George T. Harrell, M-D, Medical Education Building at the UF College of Medicine.

Never not doing

In Alumni, Featured Article, Giving, Scholarships
Dr. R. Dean Hautamaki passes on his passion for the “calling” of medicine to the next generation
By Tyler Francischine
John C Smulian, chair of UF College of Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology

Q&A: John C. Smulian,MD, MPH

In College, Faculty, Featured Article
UF College of Medicine OB-GYN department chair shares his vision
By Megan Kimmel MacPherson
Joseph Tyndall, Mark Atkinson, Christopher Broder and Mark Michels pose for a photo in front of the Colleg of Medicine Wall of Fame.

Two alumni added to UF College of Medicine Wall of Fame

In Alumni, College, Featured Article
Christopher Broder, PhD ’89, and Mark Atkinson, PhD ’88, honored during the annual Alumni Weekend
By Multiple Authors
Lawrence Martin book cover and portrait

Reading roundup

In Alumni, Featured Article
Learn about a handful of recently published books authored by UF College of Medicine alumni
By Tyler Francischine
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Faculty sound bites — Winter 2020

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UF College of Medicine faculty in the news
Pamela Patton

News clips — Winter 2020

In College, Featured Article
PA professor joins national committee | Recent alum wins award | UF researchers play role in Ebola vaccine

The Legacy Challenge

#WhosNextUF

Who’s next?

Alumni launch Legacy Challenge scholarship giving campaign.

Scholarships: The Future of Medicine

‘A guiding light’

Second-year medical student Vanessa Rodriguez aims to be example for fellow Latinx women in medicine
By Tyler Francischine
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Staff News

U-F Health fights the flu

Don’t surrender: Fight the flu

In Faculty, Featured Article, Physician Assistant, Staff
Faculty and staff are encouraged to receive their flu vaccine at no cost through Occupational Health Services

10 College of Medicine employees recognized with 2020 Superior Accomplishment Awards

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Ten UF College of Medicine faculty and staff receive 2020 Superior Accomplishment Awards

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