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Melinda Fawcett

PTSD and Research on Brain Injury Podcast with John B. Williamson

Featuring guest John B. Williamson, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, McKnight Brain Institute and Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, North Florida/South Georgia VAMC, Center for OCD and Anxiety Related Disorders, UF Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry…

Jessica Sanders Receives University of Florida’s Superior Accomplishment Award

Jessica Sanders, an Administrative Specialist I within the Addiction Medicine Division of the Department of Psychiatry, has been honored with the University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Award. This prestigious award celebrates faculty and staff members who demonstrate exceptional service, efficiency, and impact on the quality of…

Dr. Barthle-Herrera publishes children’s guide to OCD

Authors Megan Barthle-Herrera, Ph.D. and Amanda Balkhi, Ph.D. released “a much-anticipated resource for families of young children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) – for the first time young children with OCD can see themselves represented in a diverse cast of children as they challenge and beat their Worry Monster!…

2024 College of Medicine Celebration of Research

The College of Medicine held their 14th Annual Celebration of Research Poster Session at the Stephen O’Connell Center on Monday, February 12, 2024. The department of psychiatry was well represented at this year’s event. The annual research poster session is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the strength of…

MBI celebrates 25th anniversary with illuminating symposium

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, the UF neuroscience and neuromedicine community came together Feb. 2 for a daylong symposium delving into the latest research advances and featuring a presentation by Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D., of UCSF for the ninth annual…

Dr. Jiang Earns SOBP Travel Award

Shixie Jiang, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has been selected to receive a 2024 Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Chair’s Choice Travel Fellowship Award for the 2024 Annual SOBP Meeting. Selection criteria for the award includes past excellence…