UF Graduate student Jason Pukala won the “Best Oral Presentation” award at the Pruitt Research Day, Gainesville, FL (2013). He presented, as principal author, his research: “Uncertainties in Adaptive Radiation Therapy”. Co-authors were: F. J. Bova, S. L. Meeks, R. J. Staton, R. R. Mañon, and K. M.
How much practice would you want your brain surgeon to have? Probably a lot — and the more specific that practice is to your particular brain, the better. Now, by combining models of brains made on 3D printers and images of simulated surgery, faculty at the University of Florida (UF) are…
A nationwide stroke prevention study shows that medication and lifestyle changes remain safer and more effective at preventing strokes than stenting in patients with narrowed brain arteries. The study analyzed long-term health outcomes from a multicenter clinical trial, which included University of Florida Health researchers Brian Hoh, M.D., the James…
Healthy and active Barbie Diaz suffered a stroke at age 18 while driving on Gainesville’s Archer Road, causing her to hit a car. Diaz was immediately in the care of the UF Stroke Program team and physicians within UF’s neurosciences who diagnosed Diaz with a rare disease called Takayasu’s arteritis.
