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Dr. Febo appointed to Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

Marcelo Febo, PhDAssistant Professor University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry Assistant Professor Marcelo Febo, PhD has been appointed a member of the Editorial Board for Scientific Reports, a journal from Nature Journal’s publishing group. Scientific Reports launched in 2011 as a…

Housestaff Graduation

Congratulations to the Department of Psychiatry Graduating Housestaff! General Psychiatry Sarah Bolis, MD Natasha Clark, MD, MPH Jennifer Davis, DO Yarelis Guzman-Quinones, MD Wagdy Khalil, MD Daniel Pietras, MD Ahmed Qureshi, MD Yarelis…

Fear Facers Summer Camp

Campers and counselors listen to UF Student Athletes talk about performance and academic anxieties and hope they cope. June 18 – 22nd UF Health Medical Psychology and the…

New research shows a genetic link between psychiatric disorders

Carol Mathews, M.D., director of the Center for OCD, Anxiety & Related Disorders, and other UF researchers — including Michael Okun, M.D., chair of neurology, and Irene Malaty, M.D., associate professor of neurology — contributed to a recently published study in the journal Science that broadly examined the…

Congratulations to Bruijnzeel and Holbert

Please join us in congratulating Drs Bruijnzeel and Holbert on their promotions to new ranks in their career as of July 1, 2018. We appreciate their commitment to academic development and their leadership contributions to the department. Adrie Bruijnzeel, PhD…

Examining rising suicide rates

Chief of child and adolescent psychiatry and MBI member Andres Pumariega, M.D., wrote an op-ed in the Gainesville Sun examining the role of inadequate funding in the United States’ suicide “epidemic.”…

2018 Chief Resident Awards and Recognition Luncheon

On June 8th Residency Education held their Annual Resident Awards and Recognition Luncheon following the PGY-4 Grand Rounds at the McKnight Brain Institute. Several of the residents and faculty were recognized for their hard work and contributions to the program during the 2017-18 academic year. Carlos E. Muniz, MD…

2018 Staff Retreat

On June 1st the Department of Psychiatry held their staff retreat at Splitz. The retreat kicked off with a welcome from Department Administrator, Marika Brigham followed by a team building exercise to determine teams. After lunch, Ronda Mitchell, Training Coordinator for the University of Florida’s Training and Organizational…

Yoga for Mental Health Awareness Month

When we talk about health, we often focus on heart health, or liver health, or brain health, and not whole health. You have to see the whole person, and make use of the tools and resources that benefit minds and bodies together. That’s why this year’s Mental Health Month theme…