ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Springhill receives LEED certification for environmentally friendly design
University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Springhill has received certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for being environmentally friendly and…
Marilee Griffin
Assistant Director of Communications, Cancer Center
Marilee Griffin is the assistant director of communications for the ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Cancer Center. She joined the ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Communications staff in 2012 as a writer and media relations assistant coordinator for the News and Publications division. A Florida native, she holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UF and was previously employed as a nonfiction book editor and freelance journalist.
Stories by Marilee
UF alum will focus on research, recruitment as new chair of pharmacology and therapeutics
Jeffrey R. Martens, Ph.D., has been appointed chairman of the department of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Florida College of Medicine. “We…
New chief of geriatric medicine spearheads initiatives to improve care of older patients
Laurence M. Solberg, M.D., has been appointed chief of the division of geriatric medicine in the UF College of Medicine department of aging and geriatric…
Adult stem cell researchers seek participants for cardiovascular disease study
The typical patient with peripheral arterial disease is a man in his 60s; he’s a smoker who has high blood pressure and possibly even diabetes. Because of a…
Starting certain medications may lead to faster memory loss in older adults
Medicines designed to help with chronic health conditions may speed memory loss in older adults, a University of Florida researcher and his colleagues report.…
New chair of Community ÍøºìºÚÁÏ and Family Medicine is national leader in field
Peter J. Carek, M.D., has been appointed chairman of the department of community health and family medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine.…
Gene therapy researcher receives highest honor from the Foundation Fighting Blindness
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases, presented the…
New radiofrequency procedure stuns nerves, relieves chronic neck pain longer
The pain was so bad he couldn’t turn his head. For two years, he couldn’t drive or wander around his yard or even sleep. Worst of all, William Tuten couldn’t…
Cancer researcher to lead department of anatomy and cell biology
Yehia Daaka, Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the department of anatomy and cell biology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. “We found the best…
Activation of cell death gene triggered loss of phallus in bird evolution
Researchers at the University of Florida Genetics Institute have discovered how, at the genetic level, different bird species either develop or do not develop…
Veterinary practitioner, agricultural economist to lead College of Veterinary Medicine
James W. Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D., has been named dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida. “I am confident that our internationally…
Researchers identify gene that allows corn to grow in poor conditions
Approximately 30 percent of the world’s total land is too acidic to support crop production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, a…