Category: Faculty News

Dr. Matt Whiles delivers more than food through Meals on Wheels program

For more than a year, Matt Whiles, Ph.D., has been delivering meals to elderly residents in the Gainesville area through the Meals on Wheels program.

Campus leader to serve as new UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences dean

UF selects Kati Migliaccio, Ph.D., UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering chair, as new CALS dean, effective Jan. 1.

Christine Schmidt elected to National Academy of Medicine

UF Distinguished Professor Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Schmidt, who also holds the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair in UF’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, received this prestigious honor on the heels of her election earlier this year to the National Academy of Engineering, making her one of the few exceptional individuals to be recognized by both academies.

Election to the National Academy of Medicine recognizes outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in the fields of health and medicine.

President Biden appoints Juan Gilbert to National Science Board

On Oct. 15, President Joe Biden appointed UF Distinguished Professor Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., to the National Science Board. Gilbert, who also serves as Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and Chair of UF’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, is one of eight members appointed to the Board.

UF Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award nominations due Jan. 17

The selected faculty member will receive an SEC Academic Consortium Faculty Achievement Award and an SEC Professor of the Year Award nomination.

UF biomedical engineer inducted into the NAE

Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., a UF distinguished professor, was formally inducted into the 2024 class of the National Academy of Engineering, or NAE.

Shining a light on sickle cell disease

As a researcher and mom of a 7-year-old son with sickle cell disease, Candice J. Adams-Mitchell, SLP.D., CCC-SLP, has a unique perspective on the disease.

As “The Golden Bachelorette” debuts, a UF Health researcher and wife keep watch

UF Institute on Aging member Christopher Kaufmann, Ph.D., will watch to see if the show highlights successful aging or falls into stereotypical tropes. 

Untrustworthy hyperlinks on news sites are adding to the misinformation crisis

Misinformation is spreading rapidly in the digital universe, and the hyperlinks found on untrustworthy news sites may be partly to blame.

CLAS faculty receive NSF CAREER awards

Three CLAS faculty were selected as U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award recipients.