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For the fourth year in a row the Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild has donated quilts and pillow cases for the UF Health Psychiatric Hospital. These beautiful gifts will be distributed to patients on the child and adolescent unit, the geriatric psychiatry unit, and Unit 52. The…

Being a Fellow is an honorary designation that was created by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Membership Committee and Board of Trustees to recognize early career members who have demonstrated allegiance to their profession and commitment to the on-going work of the Association.  Most members who pursue Fellow status…

A monthly electronic newsletter highlighting the accomplishments and events happening in the Department of Psychiatry. A monthly electronic newsletter highlighting the accomplishments and events happening in the Department of Psychiatry.

Uma Suryadevera, MDAssistant Professor Congratulations to Uma Suryadevara, MD, she has been accepted into the 2018 College of Medicine Leadership Development Program (LDP). The LDP is designed for College of Medicine faculty who are current leaders at the level of Division…

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study site at the University of Florida (UFL) began recruiting 9- and 10-year-old participants in February 2017. Led by Drs. Sara Jo Nixon and Linda B. Cottler, the UFL ABCD team has enrolled over 200 families representing more than 50 schools in north central…

The Women’s Refuge of Vero Beach celebrated two decades of assisting women in crisis, hosting more than 250 guests at its 20th Year Anniversary Gala. Dr. Wayne Creelman, Keynote speaker, medical director at Vero’s Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine…

Czerne Reid, PhD; Regina Bussing, MD; Carol Mathews, MD; Sara Jo Nixon, PhD; Lisa Merlo-Greene, PhD, MPH at…

Jessica Zakrzewski Jessica Zakrzewski, a graduate assistant in Carol Mathews, MD’s PGENeS Laboratory has been selected for the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Student Liaison Committee (SLC) Research Award. This is a distinction that recognizes the best abstracts submitted at the INS Annual Meeting by…

Congratulations to Brian Cooke, MD and Gary Kanter, MD! They have completed the 2017 College of Medicine Leadership Development Program (LDP). The LDP is designed for College of Medicine faculty who are current leaders at the level of Division Chief or equivalent. The program’s overall objective is to improve the…