UF Health Cancer Center on LinkedIn: #ufhealthcancercenter #cancerresearch #wearencidesignated (2024)

Congratulations to Miranda Reid, who conducts research in the HOBI division directed by Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., associate director for community outreach and engagement at the UF Health Cancer Center!

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This fall, the UF Health Cancer Center will hit the road to bring mammography and other preventive health care services directly to the people.As of early June, the floors and walls were in place on themobile cancer screening unit, which has been funded through University of Florida President Ben Sasse’s $1.5-million Strategic Funding Initiative and the UF Health Cancer Center.The unit will help address the limited access to mammography in many areas of North Central Florida.To better serve this population, the mobile mammography unit will feature more than just mammograms. It will offer screenings for cervical, colon, and other cancers, as well as health care services and education.Check out our latest update to read more about the services the unit will offer and see photos of the building progress: https://go.ufl.edu/eq5x8b5#UFHealthCancerCenter #Mammography #CancerScreening

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"Knowing how difficult these diseases are to be cured is the inspiration to continue working tirelessly to have something to offer our patients," said Paul Castillo Caro, M.D., aUF Healthpediatric oncologist whose research focuses on developing new immunotherapy technologies to treat cancer.Castillo Caro never thought he would be immersed in research and immunotherapy for cancers. His interest was sparked in an unexpected way while he was doing his pediatric oncology fellowship.Learn about how he got into the field, what excites him about his work and more in our new member highlight: https://go.ufl.edu/szh1l6b#UFHealthCancerCenter #CancerResearch #Oncology #PediatricOncology

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UF Health clinician-scientist Bently Doonan, M.D., was interviewed for an article in Florida Weekly that delves into the treatment and prevention of skin cancer.Doonan, an assistant professor in the division of hematology & oncology in the University of Florida College of Medicine, researches melanoma, immunotherapy development and design, brain metastases, and identification of microenvironment targets to induce an immunogenic response in advanced metastatic disease.He discusses how immunotherapy works and ways to protect your skin. Check out the article: https://bit.ly/3Vc3TUl#UFHealthCancerCenter #CancerResearch #SkinCancer #SkinCancerAwareness

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Congratulations to UF Health Cancer Center member Maryam Rahman, M.D., who received the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Clinical Excellence Award!Rahman, an associate professor in the Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, received the college-wide honorduring the 2024 spring faculty assembly on May 28 in the George T. Harrell, M.D., Medical Education Building.In addition to performing brain surgeries, Rahman researches malignant gliomas, the most common subtype of primary brain tumors and one of the deadliest forms of cancer. She was recently awarded a $738,000 grant from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund for preclinical testing of a novel cancer vaccine to treat these tumors.At the UF Health Cancer Center, she is a member of the Immuno-Oncology and Microbiome research program.Also at the assembly, several UF Health Cancer Center members were recognized with commemorative pins for 20 and 30 years of service. Richard Bennett, Ph.D., a research associate professor in the division of hematology & oncology in the department of medicine, and Alexander Ishov, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of anatomy and cell biology, were honored for 20 years of service.Jeffrey Harrison, Ph.D., a professor in the department pharmacology and therapeutics, and Elizabeth Shenkman, Ph.D., professor and chair in the department of health outcomes and biomedical informatics, were honored for 30 years of service. Congratulations to all!#UFHealthCancerCenter #CancerResearch

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