UF Medicine on the rise

In early 2013, the University of Florida made a pledge: to better itself.

By: Morgan Sherburne

Paving a path to preeminence

Sarah Pang and Wallace Nozile in the hallway of the UF College of Medicine Founders Gallery Sarah Pang and Wallace Nozile are students at the UF College of Medicine, which has been ranked in the top 50 medical schools by U.S. News & World Report for eight consecutive years. Jesse S. Jones

The hiring spree

Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD, executive vice president for research and education for UF Health and Stephen Sugrue, PhD, senior associate dean for research affairs at the UF College of Medicine Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD, executive vice president for research and education for UF Health (pictured left), recently began in the newly created position and will serve as a catalyst for advancing the research and education missions of the academic health center. Stephen Sugrue, PhD, senior associate dean for research affairs at the UF College of Medicine, said the college’s forward motion in research funding and new state support will make it that much easier to recruit new faculty. Jesse S. Jones

New faculty to fit into the big picture

Tackling the world’s most complex problems together

Using Big Data to translate information into better health

William Hogan, MD, a biomedical informatics professor, joined the College of Medicine June 2 to help translate scientific discovery to better therapies and treatments by harnessing the power of big data. William Hogan, MD, a biomedical informatics professor, joined the College of Medicine June 2 to help translate scientific discovery to better therapies and treatments by harnessing the power of big data. Jesse S. Jones

Solving the mysteries of disease through metabolomics

Led by Art Edison, PhD, left, a professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Richard Yost, PhD, a professor in the department of chemistry, a multidisciplinary team of metabolomics experts from UF and partner institutions received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch the Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics as part of the UF Clinical Translational Science Institute. Maria Belen Farias

A presidential initiative to map the brain

Global Health initiative

Personalizing medicine