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MBI community mourns renowned neuroscientist Dr. Brent Reynolds

Brent Reynolds, Ph.D., whose discovery of neural stem cells in adult mammalian brains opened a whole new field of neuroscience research aimed at better treating stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and more, died unexpectedly April 11 after a stroke. He was 63. Reynolds’ textbook-changing discovery as a doctoral…

Neurosurgery Resident Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Improve Care in West Africa

After spending the last year virtually connecting with government and community leaders, one University of Florida College of Medicine resident will soon travel 5,000 miles to West Africa to help bring much-needed neurosurgery resources to a public hospital. Megan Still, M.D., a fourth-year neurosurgery resident in the Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, has been awarded a Fulbright Program fellowship to conduct a needs assessment at a hospital in Sierra Leone.