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Leslie Galloway

Jonathan Licht Named AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected 12 faculty from the University of Florida to its newest class, including two from the College of Medicine.

Jane Hsi Receives GSMA Mentor of Merit Award

Every academic year, the University of Florida Graduate School’s Graduate Student Mentoring Awards (GSMA) spotlight UF graduate students who go the extra mile by mentoring fellow graduate students, undergraduate students, students in kindergarten through 12th grade, or teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Son honors father’s legacy of academic research and leadership at UF

When James B. (Bert) Flanegan, Ph.D., a 45-year professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, announced his retirement date, his son and daughter-in-law, Ryan (BABA ’94) and Ella Flanegan, wanted to do something significant to recognize his remarkable career.

Dr. Bloom Receives 2024 Mentoring Award

Linda Bloom, Ph.D., Professor & Associate Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is the recipient of the 2024 Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna Distinguished Research Mentoring Award. This award, which honors the life and commitment to mentorship of the late Dr. Agbandje-McKenna, recognizes…

Dr. Sun recognized as endowed chair and professor

In a Nov. 16 ceremony held at the Health Professions, Nursing & Pharmacy auditorium, faculty from UF’s six health colleges were honored with special gifts during the annual Celebrating Distinction ceremony.

Jane Hsi Designs Cover for the Journal of Virology

Depicted is a California quail (Callipepla californica), standing next to its nest with an avian adeno-associated virus (AAAV) capsid, colored as a quail egg. The AAAV was first isolated from the Olson strain of quail bronchitis, an adenovirus that causes an acute, contagious respiratory disease primarily in young quails. The…

New Graduate Course in Medical Metabolism

We are excited to announce the addition of a new fully online and synchronous graduate course in medical metabolism! Our goal is to provide an intermediate-level course for graduate students across disciplines.  Those that desire a deeper understanding of metabolic principles, but do not require the level of our advanced…