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2023 UF COM Women in Medicine and Science Celebration

The Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) group celebrates colleagues who have been promoted, awarded research grants, or received special recognition and awards in 2023. Promotion to Research Professor Lisa Merlo, PhD American Medical Women’s Association 2023 INSPIRE Award Ludmila De Faria, MD…

Dr. Pumariega, recipient of Distinguished Career Achievement Award by APA

Andres Pumariega, MD, professor and chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Florida, has been awarded the 2024 Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement. This award is bestowed upon a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has made significant contributions…

Williamson, Lamb participate in VA Research Day

Friday, November 3rd the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center hosted Research Day as a part of an annual observance of National VA Research Week. This year’s theme, “Cutting-Edge Care Through Research,” celebrated the outstanding VA Research accomplishments, which have greatly improved Veterans’ lives and advanced medical care for all.

Networks of Care

UF’s Street Psychiatry Program, led by Dawn-Christi Bruijnzeel, MD ’01, an associate professor at UF and associate chief of psychiatry with the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, is bringing essential psychiatric care directly to people who are homeless in Gainesville.

Happy Halloween!

Please enjoy these photos from the various celebrations that took place throughout the department on Halloween! Image Gallery…

Dr. Kar Appointed AACAP Robert L. Stubblefield, MD Delegate

University of Florida, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Jeena Kar, DO has been appointed the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Robert L. Stubblefield, MD Delegate to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Resident and Fellow Section. Jeena Kar, DO Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow…

25 Years of Collaboration and Innovation

The McKnight Brain Institute’s 25th Anniversary Celebration recognizes our past accomplishments as we look to the future with a renewed focus on changing neural disorders from untreatable to treatable, incurable to curable and inevitable to preventable.