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Amanda Reifenrath
Please welcome Dr. Gemma Casadesus as our Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Affairs!
Dear UF COM Faculty and Graduate Students, It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that I can announce that Gemma Casadesus, Ph.D. will assume the role of our inaugural Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Affairs effective February 15. In this new role, Dr. Casadesus will…
Please welcome Dr. Shannon Wallet as our Assistant Dean of Biomedical Sciences!
Dear UF COM Faculty and Graduate Students, It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that I can announce that Shannon Wallet, Ph.D. will assume the role of our inaugural Assistant Dean for Biomedical Sciences effective February 15. In this new role, Dr. Wallet will lead…
Dr. Philip Efron Presenting at the 136th Annual Meeting of the Southern Surgical Association
Dr. Philip Efron, a distinguished professor of surgery at the University of Florida, recently presented his groundbreaking research titled “TRANSCRIPTOME‐GUIDED PRECISION THERAPY FOR SURGICAL SEPSIS” at the 136th Annual Meeting of the Southern Surgical Association. His work focuses on leveraging transcriptomic data to develop precision therapies tailored…
Celebrating Dr. Lyle Moldawer’s Transition to Emeritus Professor
The University of Florida Sepsis & Critical Illness Research Center (SCIRC), Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the transition of Dr. Lyle Moldawer to Emeritus Professor, effective January 1, 2025. With an illustrious career spanning 31 years at the University of Florida, Dr. Moldawer has…
Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Modulation of the Macrophage STAT3/SOCS3 Axis after Burn Injury
Title: Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Modulation of the Macrophage STAT3/SOCS3 Axis after Burn Injury Congrats! Han Gil Kim, an undergraduate trainee in the Maile Lab, won an Undergraduate Presidential Merit Finalist Tavel Award to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology in Lansing, MI, where he won…
Gator presence @leukocytebiol SLB 2024 conference!
Gator presence @leukocytebiol SLB 2024 conference! Our post-doc fellow seeking open positions in @APDsurgery, Dr. Hernández-Ríos, presents two posters providing novel insights about neonatal sepsis using Single-Cell RNA sequencing with murine and human studies.
Faculty Spotlight: Orlando Laitano, Ph.D
SCIRC member, Orlando Laitano, PhD is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology where he directs the Laboratory of Muscle and Environmental Physiology. Dr. Laitano conducts research on the mechanisms underlying sepsis-induced myopathy with disuse in aging and on the pathophysiology of exertional heat…
