Health Articles
![Even at the cellular level, ancestry matters](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/11/Genetic-Ancestry-Portrait.jpg)
UF professors Erika Moore, Josephine Allen and Connie Mulligan are asking the research community to consider ancestry in cell samples for medical research because accounting for a person's ancestry will improve the effectiveness of treatment for patients of all backgrounds.
![Artificial intelligence in the intensive care unit: UF researchers developing novel solutions](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/11/UF-News_AI-in-healthcare.jpg)
Nurses and physicians come and go from an ICU room, noting the patient’s condition and physiological signs. But the machinery in an intelligent ICU never rests, harvesting data from cameras, wearable sensors, light sensors, noise meters and other equipment.
![UF Health pediatric expert gives advice on COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/11/UF-News_Sonja-Rasmussen-.png)
Dr. Sonja A. Rasmussen, a professor in the departments of pediatrics and epidemiology at the UF College of Medicine and the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, discusses what parents should know about the vaccine.
![Researchers seek to build confidence into AI for healthcare under NSF grant](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/10/UF-News_AI-Healthcare.jpg)
A team of researchers at the University of Florida will explore ways to increase trustworthiness and interpretability of artificial machine learning in healthcare under a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The team will also investigate ways to use AI to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases earlier.
![Opinion: Artists, influencers key to successful public health messages re: COVID](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/10/UF-News_sonke-column.jpg)
More than one-third of those eligible in the U.S. are not fully vaccinated. Can the artists and culture-bearers among us help move people who are unvaccinated to action?
![Chair of surgery at UF College of Medicine elected to the National Academy of Medicine](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/10/UF-News_Upchurch.jpg)
Gilbert Rivers Upchurch Jr., M.D., the Edward M. Copeland III and Ann and Ira Horowitz Chair in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of surgery, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
![Physician assistant students study vaccine hesitancy among Latinx groups](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/10/UF-News_research.jpg)
A group of students at the University of Florida College of Medicine’s School of Physician Assistant Studies is planning a study to find out how members of Gainesville’s Latinx population feel about COVID-19 vaccines and determine their likelihood to become vaccinated to find the most optimal ways to overcome vaccine hesitancy.
![UF begins construction on state-of-the-art Student Health Care Center building](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/09/Enscape_2020-10-17-16-19-11_Option-2---Eye-Level---SE-Day-2_0-cROP.png)
The University of Florida is building a new home for its Student Health Care Center, or SHCC. The state-of-the-art, 46,000-square-foot facility will focus on comprehensive health care needs, steps away from where students live and learn.
![UF, UF Health announce gift and new $75 million initiative to expand Norman Fixel Institute](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/09/S5JdAaAx-680x510.jpeg)
The University of Florida and UF Health on Tuesday announced an additional $25 million gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation aimed at improving the lives of patients across the globe through the continued expansion of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health.
![UF-led study explores differences in COVID-19 severity internationally](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/09/20180909_145725.jpg)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded a $10 million grant to a team led by a UF professor to test this hypothesis and explore other factors that can influence COVID-19 severity.
![UF Health mourns passing of CEO, dean Dr. Leon Haley](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/07/Haley-news-JD.jpg)
Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA, CPE, FACEP, CEO of UF Health Jacksonville and dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 24, 2021. Haley, 56, was a strong, inspirational leader and beloved son, father, friend and colleague.
![How theatre programs can build community and affirmation for LGBTQ+ youth](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/07/UF-News_Theater-program_.jpg)
UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine, Center for Arts in Medicine, and College of Education uniquely partner to create safe spaces for youth in Theatre Connect program
![UF creates antibacterial agents to help eradicate antibiotic-resistant bacteria](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/06/UF-News_antibacterial-research.jpg)
UF medicinal chemists report promising results from a study focused on new ways to of treating several types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, advances that may help in the battle against MRSA, tuberculosis and other infectious pathogens.