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UF Health joins national study to test COVID-19 treatments

Researchers at University of Florida Health and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network have begun recruiting patients to a national study to learn if several existing prescription and over-the-counter medications can help those with COVID-19 safely manage their symptoms at home and avoid hospitalization.

Scholarships available for clinical research professional certification

Are you a UF clinical research professional, with at least two years of experience, interested in professional certification? The Division of Research Operations and Services (DROS) in partnership with the UF CTSI and the Clinical Research Professionals Advisory Council (CrPAC) is accepting applications for scholarship funding that can be applied…

Spotlight: Florida Research Data Center

You may have heard about FSRDCs, Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. These centers are unique in that they provide access to restricted micro-data, data that isn’t accessible to the general public or by searching open records online. The Florida RDC offers exclusive access to data valuable to researchers at UF,…

Social media campaigns for study recruitment resume

During the pandemic, paid social media campaigns managed through the Recruitment Center were put on pause. This fall, we resumed this service under the management of Elizabeth Flood-Grady, PhD. Research teams can request to share recruitment materials as unpaid, organic posts to the UF Studies Facebook page. The CTSI…

New Clinical Research Professionals Co-Mentoring Training program

The UF Health Clinical Research Professionals Consortium and the UF Clinical Translational Science Institute, with support from the UF Office of Research, are pleased to announce a new professional development program for clinical research professionals. The Clinical Research Professionals Co-Mentoring Training begins this fall. This program will offer access to…

Spotlight: Translational Drug Development Core

The Translational Drug Development (TDD) Core performs pharmacokinetic and metabolism studies of new chemical entities, as well as natural products, to facilitate movement into advanced preclinical studies and ultimately real-world applications. Director Christopher R. McCurdy, Ph.D., FAAPS, assistant director Abhisheak Sharma, M. Pharm., Ph.D., and the TDD Core staff work…

A symphony of voices

Black Voices in Research, a storytelling event, premiered its second episode on YouTube on Juneteenth, or June 19.