University of Florida News

Pharmacy professor Paul Doering was quoted in a Feb. 13 USA Today story about the need for pharmacists to counsel customers to help prevent errors.

George Burgess, director of UF’s International Shark Attack File, was quoted in a Feb. 12 Associated Press story about the annual report of shark attacks in 2007. The story was the result of a news release.

History professor William Link’s book “Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism” was reviewed in the Feb. 10 New York Times Sunday Book Review. A review also appeared Feb. 12 in the Wall Street Journal. A link is not available because the Journal is by paid subscription only. See related release.

Bruce Goldberger, director of the William R. Maples Center for Forensic Medicine, was quoted in a Feb. 7 ABC News story about how to use painkillers safely.

Evolutionary biologist David Reed was quoted in a Feb. 7 New York Times story about his research using 1,000-year-old mummies that indicates lice had accompanied their human hosts in the original peopling of the Americas. The story also appeared on Reuters and in numerous other news media. See related news release.

Biologist Alexander Ophir was quoted in a Feb. 6 Nature story about UF’s research into the mating behavior of prairie voles. See related release.