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Karen Dooley

Director, Advancement Communications


As director of advancement communications for the UF College of Medicine, she oversees and coordinates the communications and marketing needs of the college, particularly in the areas of advancement and alumni relations. Dooley joined UF in 1996 as a writer for the News and Public Affairs Office. She also worked for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences as a science writer before becoming editor of the College of Medicine’s alumni magazine, Florida Physician, in 1999. Florida Physician has received several writing, design and photography awards from the Council on the Advancement of Education, the Florida Magazine Association and the University of Florida’s Golden Gators awards. Dooley received the Robert G. Fenley Writing Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.