As Brain Awareness Week begins, MBI Director Dr. Todd Golde looks back at 2018 – a year that marked 20 years since our brain institute opened its doors – and shares his excitement about the future. By Todd Golde, M.D., Ph.D., MBI Executive Directorh The…
Four UF Health researchers recognized as influential authors worldwide By Tyler Francischine Steven DeKosky, M.D., is the Aerts-Cosper professor of Alzheimer’s research at the UF College of Medicine and the deputy director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida. His…
Congratulations to Drs. Wei Hu, Valerie Rundle-Gonzalez, Shankar J.Kulkarni, DanielMartinez-Ramirez, LeonardoAlmeida, Michael S.Okun, and Aparna WagleShukla on…
March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and MSAA is proud to support this national campaign with the launch of our new video, Changing Lives Monday to Sunday. Please check out our video and learn more about our inspirational clients and how MSAA helps the MS community today and every day.
The UF Department of Neurology and the Epilepsy Division are delighted to announce the inaugural Wilder Center for Epilepsy Research update evening on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The event will be held at the McKnight Brain Institute, 6-9 pm. Please mark your calendars to save the date! The Wilder update…
We are excited to share with you our 2018 national rankings, based on our combined NIH grant portfolio. Among 52 ranked neuroscience programs, we now rank #7 with our combined Neurology and Neuroscience grant portfolio of nearly 19 million dollars. We now rank number #2 among…
The UF Department of Neurology is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Anna Khanna as Medical Director of the UF Health Comprehensive Stroke Center. The Comprehensive Stroke Center, certified by the Joint Commission since 2014, is dedicated to providing the highest quality stroke care for patients from Gainesville…
Dr Carlson was the guest editor for the February 2019 issue of Practical Neurology. A Coming of Age for Neuroimmunology Increasingly complex diagnostics and highly effective disease-modifying therapy come with challenges in clinical decision making. By Aaron M. Carlson, MD When asked to serve as guest editor for this issue, I…
The Huntington’s Disease Society of America and its Center Programs and Education Advisory Committee provided a grant of $20,000 to the Level 2 Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence here at the University of Florida to help offset the costs associated with the provision of the Huntington’s Disease…
Congratulations to Dr Nikolaus McFarland on the publication of “Dissecting α-synuclein inclusion pathology diversity in multiple system atrophy: implications for the prion-like transmission hypothesis” in the latest issue of Laboratory Investigation. Abstract Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the accumulation of insoluble, aggregated…
