Almut Winterstein, an assistant professor of pharmacy health care administration, was quoted in Dec. 11 South Florida Sun-Sentinel story about the effect of stimulant medications on the hearts of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The story was the result of a news release.
Astrobiologist Wayne Nicholson was quoted in a Dec. 11 MSNBC story about his research experiment that will test the effect of space on bacterial spores on a Mars-bound vessel. The story was the result of a news release.
College of Medicine student Matthew Warren was quoted in a Dec. 11 Reuters news service story about his research into the health effects of using club drugs such as Ecstasy. Also involved in the research were Firas Kobeissy, a postdoctoral associate in the department of psychiatry; Dr. Mark Gold, chief of the division of addiction [...]
Martin Uman, co-director of UF’s Lightning Research Laboratory, was quoted in a Dec. 9 New York Times Magazine story about the possibility of harnessing energy from lightning.
Ron Cave, a scientist at UF’s Biological Control Research and Containment Laboratory in Fort Pierce, was quoted in a Dec. 9 Orlando Sentinel story about the introduction of an exotic wasp to save the sago palm, which is being devastated by scale. The quote was the result of a news release.
Entomologist Marjorie Hoy was quoted in a Dec. 8 Miami Herald story about about her search for a natural enemy for the plant-damaging red palm mite. Two other UF entomologists, Adrian Hunsberger and Jorge Pena, also were sources in the story.
Monarch butterfly expert Lincoln Brower was quoted in a Dec. 6 Associated Press story about the growing number of tourists visiting Mexico to see the yearly migration of millions of monarch butterflies.
Political science professor Daniel Smith was quoted in a Dec. 5 Sarasota Herald-Tribune story about GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani’s position on Iran in his campaign strategy.
Maxine L. Margolis, a professor of anthropology, was quoted in a Dec. 4 New York Times story about the growing number of Brazilians who are returning home after living in the U.S. illegally. The quote was the result of a news release.
Pharmacy professor Leslie Hendeles was quoted in a Dec. 3 Associated Press story about the effectiveness of the decongestant phenylephrine. Research into the drug by Hendeles and others at UF was cited in a Dec. 4 Wall Street Journal story. A link is unavailable because the Journal is available by subscription only. Here is a [...]