Faculty sound bites — Spring 2017
College of Medicine faculty in the news.
Erik W. Black, PhD
Maria Belen Farias
“If we want the next generation of medical professionals to understand why some patients have an easier time following a care plan than others, or understand what causes these conditions so we can prevent them, medical schools need to look toward public health. A doctor with training in public health would have an understanding of how environmental, social and behavioral factors impact their patients’ health.”
— Erik W. Black, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics and educational technology at the UF College of Medicine department of pediatrics
For The Conversation, Jan. 6, 2016
Martin Cohn, PhD
Mindy C. Miller
“There are a number of fossil snakes with legs. Paleontologists have argued that some of these ancient snakes retained the legs of their ancestors, whereas other species evolved after legs were lost, and, thus, they may have reacquired legs.”
— Martin Cohn, PhD, a UF College of Medicine molecular genetics and microbiology professor whose research discovered the genetic change that caused snakes to lose their legs
For National Public Radio, Oct. 20
Michael S. Okun, M.D.
“While Muhammad Ali is best known as one of the greatest athletes of our time, we will always remember him as one of the strongest fighters in the Parkinson’s community. He lived as an example of a man who was not for a single day of his life defined by his disease.”
— Michael S. Okun, MD ’96, medical director of the National Parkinson Foundation and chair of the UF College of Medicine department of neurology
For CNN, USA Today, MSNBC and other media outlets, June 4
J. Glenn Morris Jr.
“Where is (Zika) coming from, where is it moving, how is it evolving? Our entire purpose is to try to answer these questions.”
— J. Glenn Morris Jr., MD, director of the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute
For the Miami Herald, April 29
This story originally ran in the Winter 2017 issue of the Doctor Gator newsletter.
