The Renal Section of APS Has a New Chair!
Michelle Gumz, PhD Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Gumz on her newly elected position as Chair of the Renal Section of the American Physiological Society! More about APS…
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Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to Dr. Sung Min Han and Dr. Helen Jones on their faculty promotions! Dr. Han has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure and Dr. Jones has been promoted to Professor with tenure. Thank you for making our department great! Dr. Sung Min Han Dr. Helen Jones…
Student-led Publication from our ASE Program
First author Ivy Dunn along with faculty mentors and collaborators in the Anatomical Sciences Education PhD program publish a study in FJER (Florida Journal of Educational Research). Ivy Dunn was accepted into the ASE PhD program in Fall of 2022. Her faculty mentors contributing to this publication are Drs. Alyson…
Special Thanks and Recognition to our Star Teachers
Congratulations to Drs. Jones, Makki, Sayeski and Xiao for receiving excellent GatorEval scores this past spring semester. Their achievements were acknowledged by Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Chris Flowers Hass! GatorEvals data are made public by the University and can be viewed at https://gatorevals.aa.ufl.edu/public-results/.
Anatomy Connected 2025
Anatomical Sciences Education PhD students recently attended Anatomy Connected, the annual meeting for the American Association for Anatomy. Everyone was able to present their recent work in anatomy education, with Ashley Walker receiving second place in the Education Research Platform Presentation Award for her work entitled Anato-Community: Exploring First Year…
Congratulations to Mark Viggars, PhD
Dr. Viggars has been invited to serve as reviewing editor for the Journal of Physiology, a top peer-reviewed physiology journal. Dr. Viggars is a postdoctoral associate working in Dr. Karyn Esser’s lab. This is a great achievement and an exciting opportunity!…
Welcome our First Anatomical Sciences Education PhD’s!
Congratulations to the pioneers of our Anatomical Sciences Education PhD program. Ashley Walker and Nancy Adams were the first two students accepted into our program back in fall of 2021 and Bradley Collins joined our program in fall of 2022. The achievements that they have collected these past few…
Two students from our department are poster winners at Cancer Research Showcase Event!
Congratulations to Syeda Rida Rizvi from Dr. Zajac-Kaye’s lab and Julian Tobon-Arosemena from Dr. Opavsky’s lab for presenting winning posters at Cancer Research Day – Research Showcase 2025! https://cancer.ufl.edu/2025/02/18/research-showcase-fosters-interdisciplinary-cancer-research/…
Ground breaking research from Dr Helen Jones’ lab gets spotlight
Congratulations to Dr Helen Jones and her team on this remarkable achievement!
Research to treat placenta could improve human pregnancies
Dr. Helen Jones collaborates with University of Wisconsin Madison's Wisconsin National Primate Research Center on a gene therapy approach to boosting the placenta is safe in monkeys.
