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About Melanie Ross

Melanie Fridl Ross, M.S.J., E.L.S., is interim director of news and communications for the UF Health Science Center and senior producer and managing editor for Health in a Heartbeat, a consumer health series that airs on public radio affiliates nationwide. Ross joined UF in 1992 from The Tampa Tribune, where she was a reporter. She holds a master's degree in journalism with a concentration in newspaper administration from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Her bachelor's degree is in American culture from Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. She is a past president of the Florida chapter of the American Medical Writers Association and currently serves on the organization's national executive committee. She also is a fellow of AMWA and a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences, the Council of Science Editors and the National Association of Science Writers.

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Articles by Melanie Ross

H1N1 Vaccines to be available for HSC faculty, staff and students this Friday

Nov 18th, 2009 • Category: Staff

The outreach clinic will be held in the Founders Gallery at the Health Science Center.

UF names new cancer center director, radiation oncology chair

Oct 22nd, 2009 • Category: New Hires/Appointments, Radiation Oncology

Dr. Paul Okunieff has been named director of the University of Florida Shands Cancer Center and chairman of the UF College of Medicine department of radiation oncology.

Future AMA president to address health-care reform

Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: Event, Staff

American Medical Association President-elect, Dr. Cecil Wilson, will speak at the College of Medicine’s general faculty meeting.

Former College of Medicine anatomy department chairman dies

Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: Faculty in the News

Michael Ross, Ph.D., passed away after more than 30 years of service to the UF College of Medicine’s department of anatomy and cell biology.

University of Rochester School of Medicine dean chosen for UF post

May 28th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, New Hires/Appointments

On July 1, Dr. David Guzick will join UF as senior vice president for health affairs and will serve as president of the UF&Shands Health System.

Founding member of the UF College of Medicine’s department of anesthesiology passes away

Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Faculty in the News

Founding member of the UF College of Medicine’s department of anesthesiology, Constante B. de Padua, M.D., died Dec. 23 after a long illness.

Faculty members receive recognition for outstanding research

Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Awards, Faculty Recognition

Five of the 33 competitive professorships awarded this year by the UF Research Foundation went to College of Medicine faculty members.

UF Shands Cancer Center director named to scientific advisory committee

Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: Faculty in the News

Dr. Joseph Simone is appointed to the Stand Up For Cancer scientific advisory committee. The organization is building interdisciplinary “Dream Teams” of scientists, clinicians, technicians and other experts, who will focus on accelerating cancer research.

UF diabetes researcher gets grant to fast-track discoveries

Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Awards, Faculty Recognition, Faculty in the News, Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine

COM researcher Chang-Qing Xia, Ph.D., receives funding from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation allowing him to partner with industry to test a diabetes prevention therapy.