Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived significantly longer than those who did not get the vaccine, researchers have found.
Three medical specialties at University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital were rated the best in Florida and in the top 50 nationally in the U.S. News & World Report annual ranking of the nation’s pediatric hospitals released today. Three additional specialties also placed in the top 50 nationwide.
In Memoriam 1962 – 2025 Mariny Coleman We are saddened to share the passing of Mariny Coleman, Assistant Team Coordinator for the UF Child Protection Team. For more than 15…
Jim and Marilyn Islam Fund for Pediatric Cancer Research will support rising star professorship…
Imagine if when a soon-to-be mother arrived at a hospital in labor, her health care team could predetermine what challenges she might encounter with breastfeeding and develop a game plan to address any lactation complications, before she even gave birth.
An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step closer to their goal of developing a universal vaccine to “wake up” the immune system against cancer.
Awards & Honors Pediatric Infectious Disease and Cardiology Teams Collaborate on Groundbreaking CMV Research in Transplant Patients Faculty from the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease (including Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley and Dr. Varvara Probst) and from the Congenital Heart Center (including Dr.
On May 9, members of the University of Florida medical school class of 2025 gathered at Wilmot Botanical Gardens to celebrate an outstanding faculty member who has had a tremendous impact on their journey.
Continuing UF College of Medicine’s revolutionary work developing the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, Dr. Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Chair of Pediatrics and Director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center, will serve as President of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) during the society’s 30th…
We are excited to announce that Taylor Rouviere and Blake Windham, pediatrics residents, have been awarded the highly prestigious AAP CATCH grant for their advocacy project, “FFITT!! (Fresh, Fitness, Inspiration, Transformation).” This innovative project aims to promote community health through fresh approaches to fitness and inspiration. The AAP…
