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Staff news at the College of Medicine

Ross named director of HSC News and Communications

By Christine Velasquez • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Staff

Melanie Fridl Ross, M.S.J., E.L.S., who joined the UF in 1992, has been appointed director of Health Science Center News and Communications.

‘On the Same Page’ by Dr. David Guzick

By Christine Velasquez • Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: Staff

Guzick’s column entitled ‘On the Same Page’ is a recurring communication aimed at faculty, students, residents, fellows and staff.

Give ‘em their props

By Christine Velasquez • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: Staff

Have any fellow employees done something outstanding at work? If so, give them the recognition they deserve by nominating them for a Superior Accomplishment Award.

Stop! Children’s Cancer awards $150,000 in grants for pediatric cancer research

By Christine Velasquez • Aug 18th, 2009 • Category: Staff

Researchers at the College of Medicine receive grant from local nonprofit to further research in leukemia, glioblastoma and neuroblastoma.

Speaker of House Visits the HSC

By Christine Velasquez • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, Staff, Students

Florida House of Representatives Speaker, Larry Cretul, met HSC college deans and researchers during a recent visit to the center.

Future AMA president to address health-care reform

By Melanie Ross • 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.

UF’s chief of addiction medicine discusses prescription drug misuse

By John Pastor • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Staff

With attention surrounding Michael Jackson’s death turning toward prescription drug use, UF addiction specialist Dr. Scott Teitelbaum speaks with national radio host Bill Bennett about the rise of pain medication misuse in America.

College of Medicine staff member passes away

By Karen Dooley • Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: Staff

Laura Fraser, a member of the Educational Affairs team, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 35.

Behind the facade

By Christine Velasquez • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Staff, Surgery

The good works of plastic surgery.

100 miles, one cause

By April Frawley Birdwell • May 21st, 2009 • Category: Staff

A Shands at UF employee trains for a 100-mile bike ride to raise money for Best Buddies, an organization that helps his stepson.