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Dr. Lauren Schmidt Receives Phase 2/3 Teacher of the Year Award

Lauren Schmidt, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, has been named Phase 2/3 Teacher of the Year for the UF College of Medicine for 2025–26. This award is voted on by medical students and reflects Dr. Schmidt’s extraordinary commitment not only to their education, but…

Child Fellows and Faculty serve at St. Francis House

On December 30, our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellows and faculty closed out the year with a service event at St. Francis House. Fellows Drs. Aleksandar Obradovic, Syed Hussain, and Joseph Dedvukaj joined faculty members Drs. Jeena Kar and Sarah Vas, along with several of their family…

Smartwatches Help Parents Curb Kids’ Tantrums

Dr. Cheryl McNeil, PhD, weighed in on new research exploring how smartwatches may help parents anticipate and shorten children’s tantrums. Dr. McNeil called the study ā€œon the cutting edge,ā€ noting its potential to expand the reach of evidence-based treatments like Parent-Child Interaction Therapy by cueing parents to respond to early…

Dr. Cheryl McNeil receives the Parenting & Families SIG Trailblazer Award

Cheryl McNeil, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Cheryl B. McNeil, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida, has been honored with the 2025 Trailblazer Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)’s Parenting and Families SIG. The award was presented during the…

Springhill 2’s 2025 Fall Bakeoff

Friday, November 14th, our Psychology and Child Psychiatry Divisions hosted their annual Springhill 2 Fall Bakeoff and it was a sweet success! Congratulations to Dr. Elise Everly, this year’s winner, for her outstanding Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Bars. A special thank-you to our judges, Dr. Joshua Nadeau…