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About Christine D. Velasquez, APR

Christine D. Velasquez, APR, is the assistant director of Advancement Communications for UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center. Before joining UF in 2008, she was the communications director at the Ocala/Marion County Chamber of Commerce. Prior to her work with the chamber, Velasquez assisted a national cancer institute with their development and public relations practices. Velasquez earned a bachelor’s degree in communications at the University of Maryland. She is Accredited in Public Relations and is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, the Florida Public Relations Association and the National Association of Professional Women.

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Articles by Christine D. Velasquez, APR

The senior students have spoken

May 13th, 2013 • Category: Medicine, Students

The UF College of Medicine class of 2013 select Robert Hollander, M.D., an adjunct assistant professor in the department of medicine, as the winner of the Hippocratic award.

Celebrating commitment to care

May 13th, 2013 • Category: Staff

UF&Shands honors faculty, residents, staff and volunteers during National Hospital Week.

WATCH: Class of 2013 Commencement Ceremony

Apr 29th, 2013 • Category: Event, Students, Top Stories

Join the UF College of Medicine’s class of 2013 as they embark on the next chapter of their lives. Watch it here, live on Saturday, May 11.

An amazing corn gene

Mar 26th, 2013 • Category: From the Lab

Researchers identify gene that allows corn to grow in poor conditions.

Cast a line for kids

Mar 5th, 2013 • Category: Event

Fishing for Kids benefiting Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Hospital for Children at UF, will take place at Sea Hag Marina this April.

Chip in for Youth

Feb 12th, 2013 • Category: Miscellaneous

On May 9 – 12, The PLAYERS Championship PGA Golf Tournament will be held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.  UF&Shands employees can “Chip in for Youth” by purchasing tickets to the tournament. $25 of each $40 ticket will be donated back to Shands Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to provide the best in [...]

IHOP ‘flips’ for Children’s Miracle Network

Jan 16th, 2013 • Category: Staff

IHOP celebrates National Pancake Day to benefit Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida.

Four professors inducted into the National Academy of Inventors

Jan 9th, 2013 • Category: Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Psychiatry, Staff

UF’s Donn Dennis, Ray Bergeron, Franky So and Nan Yao-Su will be recognized as four of 98 people selected from universities and nonprofit institutions nationally. UF’s Vice President for Research David P. Norton also was named a Charter Fellow.

UF&Shands announces plans for new freestanding emergency department

Dec 10th, 2012 • Category: Emergency Medicine, Miscellaneous

UF&Shands celebrates the addition of a new freestanding emergency department in the Springhill area in Northwest Gainesville.

Virtual open house

Dec 4th, 2012 • Category: Medicine, Radiology, Staff

The UF Shands Cancer Center Health Disparities program hosts a virtual open house this month.