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Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., was invited to speak at a symposium exploring the influence of social status on eating, physical activity and obesity next fall at ObesityWeek 2016.

Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and director of UF’s Institute for Child Health Policy, delivered a keynote address at the College of Nursing’s 2016 Dorothy M. Smith Leadership Conference in February. Shenkman’s speech, “OneFlorida: Building a Statewide Partnership for Patient-Centered Research,” touched on…

In 2015, the Institute for Child Health Policy capitalized on new academic strengths and synergies to gain increased national prominence in pediatric translational research and to expand its statewide collaborations.

Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., was featured as an expert in the article “Research shows hookah may not be the safe alternative to cigarettes after all,” in the Independent Florida Alligator.

Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., has accepted an appointment to serve on a committee of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).

Christopher Forrest, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and health care management at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, recently presented his seminar [...]

Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was selected as the 2015 recipient of the American Society of Nutrition’s Grand Prize for Young Minority Investigators. The selection process for this award had several components. First, Cardel was given a travel award…