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Take Control Now: Get Involved in Cancer Research

Narratives as decision makers for breast cancer surgery Participant criteria: Any woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer Whose treatment option was “surgery” Early Markers fo Pulmonary Vascular Radiation Toxicity Participant criteria: Any woman diagnosed with breast cancer Prior to Radiation as treatment Intent to Screen for…

Survivors of Cancer Advisory Network (SCAN) Mentorship Program Cancer survivors volunteer their time to give newly diagnosed people hope. These volunteers have been where you are now and understand the fear, confusion and anxiety that overwhelms every day since the diagnosis. It can be as little as one…

Research at HealthStreet: New brain study seeks to understand changes that occur in brain structure and function following bariatric surgery for weight loss

  UF HealthStreet is recruiting for the WISE Brain Study (otherwise known as the Weight loss Intervention Surgical Effects on Brain Function Study), which seeks to understand changes that occur in brain structure and function following bariatric surgery for weight loss. Ronald Cohen, PhD, program director for the Center for…

Driving big ideas home in Mini Cooper

The Mini Cooper is now traveling the state as part of the UF HealthStreet program and collecting bug “splats” on the bumper for the study of mosquito-borne viruses.

HealthStreet’s Community Health Worker Model Recognized by Florida Blue Foundation

The Florida Blue Foundation highlighted HealthStreet’s Community Health Worker model in its E-Newsletter for its innovative work in building trust in health research. HealthStreet was the recipient of a three-year $300,000 grant from the Florida Blue Foundation to provide transportation to adults 50 years and older to medical appointments…