Carol Mathews, M.D., named chair of UF department of psychiatry
University of Florida psychiatrist Carol Mathews, M.D., an internationally known clinician and translational researcher in the areas of obsessive-compulsive…
Michelle Jaffee
Science Writer
Michelle Koidin Jaffee is the Science Writer for the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida. In more than 20 years as a journalist, she worked as a reporter for the Associated Press in six cities and as a features writer for the San Antonio Express-News. In 2006, she wrote a weekly column for the Express-News about life with her infant twins during her husband’s deployment to Iraq. Before joining the ÍøºìºÚÁÏ staff in February 2016, she also served as a regular contributor to the American Heart Association’s news site. A native of Chicago, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied government and Spanish.
Stories by Michelle
UF study shows artificial intelligence’s potential to predict dementia
New research published today shows that a form of artificial intelligence combined with MRI scans of the brain has the potential to predict whether people with…
UF, ÍøºìºÚÁÏ announce gift and new $75 million initiative to expand Norman Fixel Institute
The University of Florida and ÍøºìºÚÁÏ on Tuesday announced an additional $25 million gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation aimed at improving…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ neurosurgeon awarded $38 million grant to lead national stroke prevention trial
The National Institutes of ÍøºìºÚÁÏ on Tuesday awarded a $38 million, five-year grant to Brian Hoh, M.D., M.B.A., the University of Florida’s chair of…
Deep brain stimulation settings may be successfully managed at home after surgery, study shows
New research published today shows that people receiving deep brain stimulation, or DBS, for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease may be managed successfully…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ first in U.S. to implant new, advanced deep brain stimulation system
A team of University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ neurosurgeons and neurologists recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a newly FDA-approved, technologically…
New AI tool to be tested in NIH-funded study to improve diagnosis of Parkinson’s and related disorders
University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with early…
Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., named chair of UF department of neuroscience
University of Florida neuroscientist Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., an expert in brain aging, has been named chair of the UF College of Medicine’s department of…
ÍøºìºÚÁÏ in Gainesville begins vaccinating high-risk health care employees against COVID-19
After months of anguish and anticipation, after the long days and the longer nights of a pandemic that has stressed communities across Florida, the nation and…
UF neurosurgery chair elected president of Congress of Neurological Surgeons
University of Florida neurosurgery chair Brian Hoh, M.D., MBA, has been elected the 2020-21 president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, one of the…
New study shows common diabetes drug improves symptoms in genetic form of ALS in mice
New preclinical research shows a commonly used Type 2 diabetes drug can improve symptoms in a specific genetic form of ALS and frontotemporal dementia in mice.…
Florida’s Alzheimer’s research consortium awarded $15 million grant to focus on diverse populations
The 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, or 1Florida ADRC, a University of Florida-organized consortium of leading research institutions aimed at…
