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¼ø»Æʦapp's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine celebrated Match Day 2026 with its largest graduating class to date - 79 ¼ø»Æʦapp - marking a significant milestone in their journey to becoming physicians.
¼ø»Æʦapp's Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors for pioneering neuropharmacology research advancing safer pain therapies and addiction treatments.
¼ø»Æʦapp researchers report that teen obesity is rising as fewer adolescents try to lose weight, highlighting increased long-term health risks and the urgent need for stronger support and healthier habits.
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May 16, 2016
Professors have evaluated the totality of evidence and conclude that regular physical activity has the closest resemblance to a "magic bullet" to fight the epidemic of obesity and cardiovascular disease.
May 10, 2016
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., a renowned neuroscientist and leading expert in synaptic pharmacology, neurotransmitter transporters, and neurogenetics, is at the helm of the newly-formed ¼ø»Æʦapp Brain Institute.
May 06, 2016
Olga Bakina, a Fulbright scholar from the Ukraine, received her M.S. in biomedical science at ¼ø»Æʦapp's graduation ceremony this morning. Bakina will be pursuing a Ph.D. at Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich, Germany.
April 29, 2016
¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Medicine celebrated a long-anticipated day as it conferred the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees to 61 members of the class of 2016, making them the nation's newest physicians.
April 21, 2016
There are currently no medications available to specifically treat Lewy Body dementia (LBD). ¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Medicine is spearheading the South Florida site for the first U.S. clinical trial for LBD.
April 13, 2016
Inspired by pregnancy tests, scientists have developed a method to store microfluidic devices for months without refrigeration, giving developing countries an inexpensive and reliable way to treat patients.
March 21, 2016
Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers or INTERACT(TM) was implemented in phase I of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' initiative to reduce avoidable hospitalizations for nursing home residents.
March 18, 2016
The soon-to-be graduates in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine participated in "Match Day" to learn where they will be spending the next several years of medical training as residents.
March 15, 2016
A biomedical scientist has received a $1.2 million grant from the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program, Florida Department of Health, to develop a new and innovative approach to treat stroke.
March 15, 2016
Pre-Health Professions Day is an opportunity for ¼ø»Æʦapp undergraduates, graduates, and the community to talk with admissions representatives from health-related graduate and professional programs.