Neurosurgery Resident Featured on CBC Radio
In a recent CBC Radio episode, Dr. Lucke-Wold discusses how diet, alcohol and tobacco can factor into recovery after a TBI.
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UF Neuroscience Students Lead Local Brain Awareness Week Outreach Efforts
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UF neuroscience students got back into classrooms at public schools across Alachua County during Brain Awareness Week, March 14 to 20.
Lakiesha Williams Receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant
BRAIN Steering Committee member and associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Lakiesha Williams, recently received an Alzheimer’s Association grant for her work studying the disease. Under a $150,000 grant, her project will provide insights into the role of a genotype called apolipoprotein E, or APOE, in tau pathology related to…
Pilot Program Greatly Improved Wait Times for Neurological Care, UF Study Shows
Delays in obtaining an appointment with a neurologist is a documented problem in the health care industry. In response, a University of Florida department of neurology team implemented a pilot program to improve access to neurological care, creating an “access clinic” featuring a novel staffing model.
BRAIN Building Returns: Brooks Rehabilitation
Join us on February 24 from 12-1 pm for the first BRAIN Building of Spring 2022. Dr. Kenneth Ngo, Medical Director of the Brain Injury Program at Brooks Rehabilitation, will moderate a discussion between Dr. Emily Fox (UF & Brooks), Dr. Trevor Paris (Brooks), and Dr. Dorian Rose (UF &…
UF Neuro Departments Rank Top 5 in NIH Funding
Neuromedicine and neuroscience research at the University of Florida ranked Top 5 among the nation’s public universities in the 2021 rankings of National Institutes of Health funding published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, released Feb. 8.
COVID-19 and Risk of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Elderly
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…
Funding Opportunity
The Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience (BRAIN) Center invites proposals supporting our mission to improve understanding of neuroresilience and neural injury and to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to treat acquired brain injuries.
Sleep-Related Hypoxia’s Impact on COVID-19 Outcomes
Director Michael Jaffee weighs in on Cleveland Clinic study in Neurology Today review.
Promoting Brain Health to Reduce Rates of Alzheimer’s
As a partner in the new Florida Brain Health Consortium, the University of Florida is strategically working to reduce rates of Alzheimer’s disease by focusing on lowering known risk factors such as hypertension, physical inactivity and depression.
