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Fellows in pediatric cancer to benefit from…

Category: Affiliate Faculty

A successful communication skills training program about clinical trials is expanding to cover pediatric cancer. The workshop trains medical oncology…

A boy in his hospital room, with a face of anger and determination, wearing red boxing gloves and a headscarf, ready to win the fight against cancer and any disease challenge.

Shenkman honored as UF Distinguished Professor

Category: Featured content

Dr. Elizabeth “Betsy” Shenkman, Ph.D., has earned the highest honor for a faculty member at the University of Florida: Distinguished Professor…

Portrait of Elizabeth Shenkman, Ph.D.

Grand Rounds

Advancing Black Maternal Healthcare

On March 20, 2024, Katilya Ware, PhD, RN, from Auburn University, gave a Grand Rounds presentation on “Bridging Gaps and Transforming Outcomes: Advancing Black Maternal Healthcare.”

Katilya Ware speaks at Grand Rounds.

HPV research

Cancer Research Showcase 2025

Student Sara Tohme shared a winning poster in the category for Predoctoral Students. The poster summarized research on educating vulnerable women on self-testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Emma Bryan presents research conducted under the mentorship of Carla Fisher, PhD.

Texas External Quality Review Organization

Three employees win Superior Accomplishment

Congratulations to three HOBI employees who received 2022-2023 Superior Accomplishment Awards for excellent work performance at the division level.

Texas EQRO Superior Accomplishment award winners and nominators

Employee & Student

Congratulations to doctoral graduate Sarah Chavez

Chavez worked full time as a research coordinator III for the Institute for Child Health Policy (ICHP) External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) project.

Sarah Chavez, PhD

march 6, 2021

Straight talk about vaping for parents

Teen girl vaping

Award

Grant to help UF Health researchers boost HPV vaccinations among youngsters

A team of UF Health researchers has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to evaluate simple interventions aimed at health care providers and parents that could substantially boost vaccine rates for human papillomavirus, or HPV, among 11- and 12-year-olds.