Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, has been selected to receive the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation recognizes and rewards a faculty member who has best demonstrated extraordinary innovation and creativity through their research or teaching portfolio and…
A new study published in the journal Neurology analyzing Medicare claims of more than 37,000 patients with COVID-19 and acute ischemic stroke has important clinical implications, according to an accompanying editorial by Alexis Simpkins, M.D., Ph.D., MSCR, FAHA, a clinical assistant professor of neurology in the UF College of Medicine. Simpkins…
UF Health team receives $6.6 million to study treatments to boost cognition for those with HIV Published: Jan 18, 2022 By: Jill PeaseCategory: AIatUF, College of Public Health and Health Professions, UF Health, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology Share With advancements in…
Drs. Jen Bizon and Barry Setlow study the influence cannabis has on GABAergic signaling systems in rodents. Most research on what effects cannabis has on the brain deals adolescents and a younger population. Drs. Bizon and Setlow discuss their research which focuses on cannabis’ impact on age-related cognitive function. Early…
Cheshire Hardcastle, a graduate student in lab of Dr. Adam Woods, earned the Dissertation Research Award, sponsored by the Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association.
By Michelle Koidin Jaffee and Todd Taylor New research published today shows that a form of artificial intelligence combined with MRI scans of the brain has the potential to predict whether people with a specific type of early memory loss will go on to develop a form of…
Research by Adam J. Woods, Ph.D., associate director of UF’s Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, and collaborators using artificial intelligence to personalize transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was highlighted in the Society for Neuroscience’s 2021 annual report. The research team is investigating the use of tDCS paired with cognitive…
https://cam.mbi.ufl.edu/wordpress/files/2021/11/UF-application-final.mp3 It was about a year ago that Cristina Besosa, Mack Bolen, Aleyna Ross, and Ethan Smith applied to UF’s Biomedical Sciences PhD program. All successful in being accepted, in their first year in the program, and focused in the neuroscience concentration, they came together to discuss their experiences…
For the past 20 months scientists have figured out a way to carry out conferences and listen to speakers virtually. The draw back is that the in-person component that allows for discussion, collaboration and discovery is missing. Neuromatch conference allows a virtual conference, which cuts down on costs, time, and…
Stacey Alvarez-Alvarado, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Adam Woods, Ph.D., in the University of Florida’s Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, published research on the impact of tDCS and cognitive training on neurometabolites in the frontal lobes. Her article, “Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and…
