The Lyrics for Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by the platinum-selling band Sister Hazel, and Stop Children’s Cancer Inc. presented a $100,000 check to Paul Castillo, M.D., an assistant professor in the division of pediatric hematology and oncology at the UF College of Medicine. The gift was awarded…
This year’s Raising Hope at Work employee giving campaign has concluded, raising a total of $84,121 from 924 donors. Donors supported 164 different funds, illuminating hope for our community across a variety of areas. Our featured fund, the Children’s Hospital Renovation Fund, was the most popular designation,…
As a young teenager, Savannah was an accomplished student-athlete who played on her high school’s girls golf team. She had been practicing with the team and competing in golf matches when she noticed an ongoing cough. Thinking it was allergies, 16-year-old Savannah continued to play. After an off-and-on…
University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital has been verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 pediatric trauma center, one 67 in the nation to earn the distinction. The verification means that the hospital meets the ACS’s highest standards for staff, resources and equipment to optimally handle…
Using a type of “genetic scissors,” University of Florida Health researchers have successfully removed and replaced a malfunctioning gene that gradually damages photoreceptors in the eye. Working in mouse models, the researchers say the findings are a crucial step in developing a treatment for the disorder known as cone-rod dystrophy…
Dr.Kathleen Ryan, a pediatric doctor at Shands said 2 out of 3 babies in the first year of life will be infected and there are about 100 to 300 deaths every year from RSV.
John Ligon, M.D., an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics in the University of Florida College of Medicine, has received a grant from the Children’s Oncology Group to study the impact of race and ethnicity on immunotherapy outcomes in children and adolescent young adult patients with cancer.
University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital’s diabetes and endocrinology program is now ranked among the nation’s top 10 by U.S. News & World Report. It is the highest ranking ever for the program, which is joined in the standings by three other UF Health pediatric medical specialties, according to…
The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF), a nonprofit focused on transforming pediatric cancer care by accelerating research breakthroughs, today announced the 19 recipients of its 2023 research grants. The researchers will receive $1,730,000 in funding to explore new and safer treatments for pediatric cancers. Of the recipients, six…
Principal investigators Dr. Dipankar Gupta, M.D., pediatric transplant physician at the University of Florida’s Congenital Heart Center, and Dr. Michael Killian, Ph.D., MSW, a College of Social Work faculty member at Florida State University, will lead the joint project enabling pediatric transplant physicians in Florida to deploy Scene’s platform to…
