The University of Florida has named leading statistics researchers Peihua Qiu, Ph.D., the founding chair of its department of biostatistics.

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

You are invited to the Oct. 5 ceremony which will celebrate a substantial gift for the new medical education building.

Watch and listen to the UF College of Medicine’s sights and sounds of commencement which took place May 19, 2012.

UF building new research home for efforts to speed medical discoveries to patients

UF Shands Cancer Center director Paul Okunieff, M.D., was appointed as the inaugural Marshall E. Rinker Sr. Foundation and David B. and Leighan R. Rinker chair.

Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., will lead the new cross-college department, a collaboration between the UF College of Medicine and the College of Public Health and Health Professions.

The UF Health Science Center and Shands HealthCare have teamed up to launch “I Promise,” an initiative highlighting patient safety and the patient experience.

The organizations partner to confront health-care challenges, embrace opportunities.

The UF Institute on Aging on Wednesday celebrated the grand opening of its new Health Promotion Center. The center creates an opportunity for cross-disciplinary, cross-departmental collaborations to investigate the role of physical activity and other interventions in disease prevention and management.