The Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center (SCIRC) was proud to have a strong presence at this year’s Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) meeting, where our residents and trainees showcased outstanding basic, translational, and clinical research alongside colleagues from institutions across the country. From oral presentations to…
Last Thursday evening, SCIRC was proud to participate in a UF Health community outreach tabling event during the Florida Gators women’s basketball home game against the Texas Longhorns women’s basketball at the…
Christine Rodhouse, MD We are pleased to congratulate Christine Rodhouse, M.D., on the selection of her abstract, “Age-Dependent Remodeling of Splenic Immune Responses in Murine Sepsis Revealed by Single-Cell Transcriptomics,” for presentation in Scientific Session II: Top 10 (6–10) at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection…
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Efron on being selected as a Master of Critical Care Medicine (MCCM) by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Dr. Efron was recognized for his long-standing service as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) and for his…
Robert Maile, Ph.D., has long been interested in the early diagnosis of sepsis in patients with severe burns, which cause immune system suppression, allowing infection to take hold more easily and to grow more quickly in severity.
PUBLISHED ON November 6, 2025 SOCIAL MEDIA Share this article Fourth-year general surgery resident Jeremy Balch, M.D., Ph.D., was among three University of Florida innovators recently honored with an inaugural AI Research Award from the University of Florida Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute. The awards recognize AI…
Congratulations to SCIRC Trainees on Their Outstanding ASC 2026 Abstract Acceptances We are proud to recognize four SCIRC trainees for their exceptional achievements at the upcoming 21st Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC), to be held February 3–5, 2026, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Agneta…
September is recognized worldwide as Sepsis Awareness Month, and at the University of Florida’s Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center (SCIRC), we dedicated the month to education, engagementand action around one of the most urgent health crises affecting patients. Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening…
The Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center (SCIRC) proudly congratulates our collaborator, Orlando Laitano, Ph.D., on receiving an NIH R01 grant for his project, “Targeting Myofiber NAD(P)H Oxidases in Sepsis-Induced Myopathy” (1R01AR085126-01A1). Advancing Sepsis Research Sepsis, a life-threatening condition that affects millions worldwide, often…
