Department Highlights | Fall 2024
Recent Events 10th Annual Pediatric Medical Student Research Forum The Department of Pediatrics sponsored the 10th Annual Pediatrics Medical Student Research Forum on August 31, 2024, at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort in…
Podcast: Using Gene Therapy to Help the Blind See
After decades of research, gene therapy is starting to work. Shannon Boye is a professor of cellular and molecular therapeutics at the University of Florida. She is also the co-founder…
UF-developed genetic score improves outcomes by personalizing leukemia therapy
Using patients’ own genetics to tailor their chemotherapy regimens appears to improve outcomes in children with acute myeloid leukemia, a pediatric cancer for which treatment has gone unchanged for 50…
UF researchers to test novel treatments for medulloblastoma
University of Florida researchers have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to test two new experimental therapies in first-ever human clinical trials for a subtype of medulloblastoma, the…
Research Events
Annual Pediatrics Science Day
The primary purpose of Pediatrics Science Day is to give trainees, whether students, post-docs, residents, fellows, or junior faculty, the opportunity to present their research to their colleagues, and to obtain scientific feed-back in a friendly environment. We strongly encourage the submission of abstracts that either have been recently presented at or have been submitted to national research meetings. However, most importantly, we would like to encourage the participation of all trainees in this unique opportunity!
Pediatric Medical Student Research Forum
Pediatrics is an ever-changing field of discovery and innovation. Today’s research will lead to tomorrow’s cures. This is an exciting opportunity to share your research with your peers. Open to all medical students in the United States, this forum will take place in conjunction with the annual conference of the FCAAP, which students are also welcome to attend.