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UF Health joins national effort to improve patient outcomes

University of Florida Health is among 42 health systems nationwide chosen by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to carry out pioneering initiatives to accelerate the implementation of practice-changing research results in clinical care to improve patient outcomes.

Mendy Dunn, MSN, RN, named CTSI associate director of clinical research

“Mendy” Elizabeth C. Dunn, MSN, RN has been named the Associate Director of Clinical Research. Dunn will oversee CTSI’s service center and clinical research center. In this role, she will support investigators and their associates by developing and improving services offered by the CTSI. In her previous role…

DC3 chair presents “Justice Fueled Change” at ACTS

CTSI associate director and director of its Diversity and Cultural Competence Council, Tiffany Danielle Chisholm Pineda, leads a presentation on justice-fueled change in this ACTS Professional Development Roundtable.

UF scientists repair genetic cause of ALS and dementia

Scientists at UF Scripps Biomedical Research have developed a potential medicine for a leading cause of ALS and dementia that works by eliminating disease-causing segments of RNA. The compound restored the health of neurons in the lab and rescued mice with the disease.