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Welcome to the Department!

Please welcome Amber Cellon, our new Clinical Service Rep at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases.

Movement disorders training program hosts NINDS leadership

As the University of Florida T32 Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Training in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration program closes its fourth year, it has many successes to celebrate, including five graduates who have gone on to prestigious positions in academia and industry, and an expanding network of mentors and collaborations. Recently, the program…

Neuroscience Special Seminar

Sponsored by the Florida Consortium on the Neurobiology of Cognition and the McKnight Brain Institute! Friday May 17 8:30 – 10:00 am DeWeese Auditorium, Rood LG-101A McKnight Brain Institute Karyn Frick, PhD Professor Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “Neural mechanisms underlying the estrogenic regulation of…

Neurology Research Day!

Our departmental Research Day is approaching fast! As a reminder, all trainees are required to prepare either a presentation or poster. Critical Dates: May 15 is the deadline for abstract submission. Please email them to me and Dr. Ramirez. Abstracts should follow the formatting style for AAN (copied below). June 1 is the deadline…

Walk for ALS!!

Please join us for an informational meeting about Gainesville’s First Walk to Defeat ALS – to be held in the spring of 2020. We will discuss planning goals and enlist volunteers to sign up for one or more committees.   More participants = greater success.   Consider joining us on this…

Tourette Awareness Month

Join the Tourette Association, the North Central Florida Support Group and the Normal Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health in supporting the mission to raise awareness for Tourettes syndrome and tic disorders. Join the Tourette Association, the North Central Florida Support Group and the UF Health Fixel…

Florida legislature passes bill to improve stroke outcomes

The Florida Legislature recently passed “CS/CS/SB 1460: Stroke Centers,” a bill that seeks to improve first responders’ access to hospitals that provide thrombectomy. W. Christopher Fox, M.D., associate professor of neurosurgery, was among five physicians specializing in stroke around the state who met with state legislators to discuss the importance…