Stephanie Staras, M..S.P.H., Ph.D., a researcher and University of Florida faculty member, aims to reduce HPV related cancer risk by addressing multiple barriers to vaccination in rural areas with the help of a $4 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant that began in September 2022.
Community health workers and Extension agents might not be the most obvious work colleagues, but at the University of Florida, they’ve been nationally recognized for the innovative partnership the two groups have formed. The 2022 Association of American Medical Colleges Innovations that Bolster Community Trust in Science Awards recognized…
The Our Community Our Health town hall this month discusses preliminary findings from a telehealth study.
The Our Community Our Health town hall this month discusses booster shots, vaccines for children, and COVID-19 variants.
University of Florida faculty are part of a multistate team that will work to boost COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates in parts of the country where health care skepticism is common and vaccination rates are low.
The UF CTSI Clinical Research Vehicle Samuel Tucker receives a COVID-19 vaccine University of Florida Health provided health outreach and lunch during a local Community Impact Day on Tuesday, June 15. The event was hosted by the Florida Central Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction at Upper Room Ministries in East Gainesville. The…
The UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute along with their HealthStreet outreach program stopped by Wims Hair Studio in Southeast Gainesville on Apr. 7 to keep the community aware of their own health. Participants had the opportunity to get their glucose levels, blood pressure and Body Mass Index(BMI) measured.Â
Get the scoop on how HealthStreet helps connect people to health and social services and opportunities to participate in research.
Margo Klar has received nearly half a million dollars in phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Read about the CTSI's 2014 accomplishments as highlighted in the January column of On the Same Page by Dr. David S. Guzick, UF senior vice president for health affairs and president of UF Health.
