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The Sebastian Ferrero Foundation raises funds for the UF Health Shands Children's Hospital, and its gala is one of the largest fundraising events in the region with more than 900 people attending each year.

Celebrating the 20th year of Dance Marathon, a “‘90s Strikes Back” theme was chosen to coincide with the idea of reminiscing. People will be able to decorate bowling ball cutouts and pins, which will be donated to the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.

Scott Rivkees, the chairman of pediatrics at UF Health,said that UF Health Shands sees 150,000 children a year and the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation is helping to make tremendous strides toward changing the way children are cared for in Gainesville.

UF teams with company to advance gene therapy treatments A biotechnology company has raised $30 million to advance gene therapy treatments developed at the University of Florida Powell Gene Therapy Center. The funding also will help UF Health researchers bring a novel form of gene therapy to patients with Pompe…

Dr. Eldjerou with patient, Andrew Holmes, 15-year old pediatric cancer and transplant survivor and Hyundai representatives University of Florida researcher Lamis Eldjerou, M.D., received a Hyundai Hope on Wheels 2013 grant to support childhood cancer research. As a clinical assistant professor in pediatric hematology/oncology, Eldjerou’s research focuses on the…

Sports psychology major Chris Abeleda, 19, had to leave the University of Florida last spring when he was diagnosed with Leukemia. Months later after treatment and into remission he is back to his studies.

Organized by registered dietitian and UF alumna Lindsay Raub, the Children Overcoming Rare Disorders half marathon/5K will help fund UF’s pediatric Division of Genetics and Metabolism. Proceeds will go toward programs to help children and their families learn to live with their dietary needs.

When Dr. David Weinstein heard that a boy named Dylan Siegel was trying to raise money toward the rare liver disease Weinstein studies, he mostly just thought the boy was cute. Dylan was only 6-years-old, after all.

Alachua County has a lower rate of vaccinations for the virus compared to the rest of the state of Florida, said Vini Vijayan, assistant professor at UF in the division of pediatric infectious diseases.

A fraction of patients with a common form of the bleeding disorder hemophilia develop an allergic reaction to the blood-clotting treatment they need to keep them alive. Using gene therapy, University of Florida researchers were able to reverse this reaction and provide long-lasting treatment for the disease.