
Needs, Challenges for COVID-19 Boosters and Other Vaccines in the U.S.
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Schmidt College of Medicine researchers have published a commentary in "The American Journal of Medicine" to provide the most updated guidance to health care providers on boosters and vaccines.

Study Shows Increasing Firearm Deaths Among Texas School-age Children
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Schmidt College of Medicine and collaborators investigated firearm-related deaths in Texas from 1999 to 2020 and found 4,090 firearm fatalities among school-age children 5 to 18 years.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Receives $500,000 NIH Grant to Tackle Chronic Disease Disparities
With a $500,000 NIH grant, ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ researchers and collaborators will tackle chronic health disparities using electronic health records, artificial intelligence, machine learning and the Internet of Things.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ-MAX PLANCK JOINT PROGRAM CREATES NEW M.D./PH.D. DUAL DEGREE
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and the Schmidt College of Science, along with the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, signed the new M.D./Ph.D. joint neuroscience program into effect.

'Placenta-on-a-chip' Mimics Nutrient Exchange between Mother-Fetus
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ researchers have developed and tested a novel 3D microfluidic device to study the complicated processes that take place in malaria-infected placenta between mother and fetus.

Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Vital Sex Differences
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ researchers have uncovered key differences in the molecular dopamine synapses in the brains of male and female mice that support attention, movement, motivation and pleasure.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Resident Physicians Report COVID-19 Impacts
A Schmidt College of Medicine study assessed resident physicians' perceptions, coping strategies and self-reported levels of depression, anxiety and stress experienced during the early phase of the pandemic.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Awarded $1 Million NIH Grant for New Florida Summer Institute
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Schmidt College of Medicine received a $1 million NIH grant for the first Florida Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science in the Southeastern U.S. - and one of only 10 sites nationwide.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ, Israel Scientists 'Team Up' to Tackle AD-related Mood Disorders
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ researchers in collaboration with Tel Aviv University have received a two-year, $379,177 NIH grant to study mood-disorders changes in Alzheimer's disease.

Feeling Anxious or Blue? Ultra-processed Foods May be to Blame
A study by ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Schmidt College of Medicine found that U.S. adults who consume more ultra-processed food report more adverse mental symptoms of mild depression, "mentally unhealthy days" and "anxious days."