The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs welcomed four new development officers recenlty to help meet the needs of the College of Medicine and to ensure that private support continues to strengthen.

Dr. Kevin E. Behrns, who joined the UF College of Medicine in 2005 as chief of the division of general surgery, has been appointed chairman of the department of surgery.

A regenerative medicine scientist at the College of Medicine was honored recently for his contributions to neuroscience by officials at the Catholic University in Rome and the university’s teaching hospital — the Gemelli University Polyclinic.

UF faculty and researchers make headlines for their recent awards.

Juan C. Cendan, M.D., was appointed assistant dean for simulation and medical education at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

The infrastructure provided by UF’s newly received Clinical and Translational Science Award will propel scientific discovery at the College of Medicine that leads to improved health care for patients.

UF’s new Senior VP for Health Affairs will aim high.

Researchers are closer to better treatments of neuroblastoma, the most common form of cancer in babies and the third most common childhood cancer.

Almost half of kidney transplant candidates older than 60 die before getting a deceased-donor organ.

Drs. Novak and Stavropoulos are among 53 women selected to participate in a national program aimed at preparing women for top jobs in academic medicine.