Richard Lamont, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Dentistry Department of Oral Biology, recently received a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an honor bestowed on less than 5 percent of NIH-funded investigators.
The highly selective NIH MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in Time) recognizes researchers who have demonstrated [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of University of Florida astronomers is among the first in the world to make scientific-quality observations of the heavens using the newly completed Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world’s largest optical telescope.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Seven years ago, the Armenian government banned the popular TV station A1+. Starting June 30, a former A1+ reporter will spend six weeks gaining experience in emerging digital fields at the U.S. Department of State-funded Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media hosted by the University of Florida.
Seda Muradyan, director [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Almost half of kidney transplant candidates older than 60 who are put on the waiting list for a deceased-donor organ will die before getting a transplant, according to new findings from the University of Florida, Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University.
Andrea Behrman, Ph.D., P.T., an associate professor in the College of Public Health and Health Professions’ department of physical therapy, has been elected a Catherine Worthingham Fellow by the American Physical Therapy Association. The fellowship honors those whose work has resulted in significant advances in the science, education and practice of the physical therapy profession. [...]
Parents of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder could be unintentionally enabling their kids to become more fearful than they should be. Because of this, University of Florida researchers say parents could be giving their kids with OCD the wrong impression.
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Parents of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder could be unintentionally enabling their kids to become more fearful than they should be. Here’s University of Florida psychiatry researcher Lisa Merlo.
GAINESVILLE — For most parents, soothing a child’s anxiety is just part of the job. But for a parent whose child has obsessive-compulsive disorder, soothing anxiety and helping with behaviors linked to the disease could lead to more severe symptoms, University of Florida researchers say.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Orientations will be offered to learn about the nine campus libraries and the resources available. The sessions include a tour of Library West and show how to get help when needed. The orientation also explains how to use the libraries from home. All orientations take place in Library West 211, to the [...]