ADVANCING THE STATE OF FLORIDA

UF Health Mobile Stroke Program provides faster stroke care to rural counties

With stroke, every minute counts to prevent death or limit severe disability. New data show that UF Health’s approach of sending a specially equipped stroke ambulance to meet paramedics at designated “rendezvous points” to take patients from surrounding rural areas significantly improves timely stroke care — on average, by nearly an hour.

How UF researchers are helping Floridians to build resilience

When Hurricane Idalia hit the Big Bend region of Florida in 2023, Jeff Carney and his team were watching. Barely a year later, Cedar Key was hit even harder by Hurricane Helene. The new plan focused more on resilience-boosting projects, like improving drainage around the city. Cedar Key finalized their plans just weeks before Helene.

Bringing health screenings and care to Floridians, UF researchers help mitigate disease among the underserved

Health and household incomes are often inextricably linked. This is a life-and-death reality for people experiencing poverty in Florida, when financial woes prevent them from affording the screenings and treatments they need.

U.S. Air Force contract to expand UF’s research, innovation and education missions in Panhandle

In a continuing partnership, the U.S. Air Force has awarded the University of Florida a $49 million contract for cutting-edge research and workforce development at UF’s regional engineering campus adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base.

To meet the demand for Florida teachers, UF launches new online elementary education program

At the start of this year, there were already more than 3,000 teacher vacancies in K-12 schools throughout Florida. This ongoing teacher shortage throughout the state has led leaders at the University of Florida to launch a new online Bachelor of Arts in Education in Elementary Education program, set to begin in Fall 2025.

Can citizen science save Florida’s ecosystems UF’s efforts demonstrate surge in invasive species detection and response

Thanks to the power of citizen science, everyday people are becoming frontline defenders in the battle against invasive species.

UF’s Florida Semiconductor Institute in Jacksonville to grow the statewide ecosystem

New details about the introduction of the Florida Semiconductor Institute, or FSI, in Jacksonville were presented at Friday’s University of Florida Board of Trustees meeting. Research space for FSI is expected to open in Jacksonville as early as this fall, while UF continues design and planning for a newly built FSI facility as part of the UF Jacksonville campus.

During natural disasters and beyond, UF’s AI-enhanced BEACON keeps Florida informed

The University of Florida has launched an AI-powered Broadcast Emergency Alerts and Communications Operations Network, or BEACON, to help save lives amid natural disasters and other public emergencies.

UF team develops AI tool to make genetic research more comprehensive

University of Florida researchers are addressing a critical gap in medical genetic research — ensuring it better represents and benefits people of all backgrounds.

UF College of Medicine’s 2024 NIH-funded research makes an impact in neurological disease, cancer, diabetes and more

Thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine have contributed significant projects to improve the lives of current and future patients impacted by a wide range of medical conditions.

UF professor develops AI tool to better assess Parkinson’s disease, other movement disorders

A University of Florida researcher has developed a groundbreaking open-source computer program that uses artificial intelligence to analyze videos of patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.