Research Rising

Record-breaking research growth has propelled the college into the Top 5 of the national rankings.

By: Donovan Baltich, Matt Splett
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All medicinal chemistry and pharmacodynamics tenure-track Ph.D. program faculty are federally funded

Tenure-track faculty in the department of pharmacodynamics who are funded on federal grants include (l to r), Daohong Zhou, M.D., Eric Krause, Ph.D., Brandon Warren, Ph.D., Joanna Peris, Ph.D., Jay McLaughlin, Ph.D., Guillaume de Lartigue, Ph.D., Charles J. Frazier, Ph.D., Maureen Keller-Wood, Ph.D., Bin Liu, Ph.D., and Lance McMahon, Ph.D. Tenure-track faculty in the department of pharmacodynamics who are funded on federal grants include (l to r), Daohong Zhou, M.D., Eric Krause, Ph.D., Brandon Warren, Ph.D., Joanna Peris, Ph.D., Jay McLaughlin, Ph.D., Guillaume de Lartigue, Ph.D., Charles J. Frazier, Ph.D., Maureen Keller-Wood, Ph.D., Bin Liu, Ph.D., and Lance McMahon, Ph.D. Jesse Jones
Faculty members in the department of medicinal chemistry who are funded on federal grants include (l to r), Rob Huigens, Ph.D., Chris McCurdy, Ph.D., Lina Cui, Ph.D., Chengguo (Chris) Xing, Ph.D., Jane Aldrich, Ph.D., Margaret James, Ph.D., Chenglong Li, Ph.D., Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., Guangrong Zheng, Ph.D., and Yousong Ding, Ph.D. Faculty members in the department of medicinal chemistry who are funded on federal grants include (l to r), Rob Huigens, Ph.D., Chris McCurdy, Ph.D., Lina Cui, Ph.D., Chengguo (Chris) Xing, Ph.D., Jane Aldrich, Ph.D., Margaret James, Ph.D., Chenglong Li, Ph.D., Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., Guangrong Zheng, Ph.D., and Yousong Ding, Ph.D. Jesse Jones

UF awarded grant to establish a cancer health equity center

A ribbon-cutting ceremony in Gainesville on May 17 celebrated the launch of the CaRE2 Health Equity Center. A ribbon-cutting ceremony in Gainesville on May 17 celebrated the launch of the CaRE2 Health Equity Center.

NIDA awards two multimillion-dollar grants to bolster kratom research

Chris McCurdy, Ph.D., pictured left, and Lance McMahon, Ph.D., are multiple principal investigators on two grants studying kratom. McCurdy has a long history of studying kratom and its potential as a painkiller and to wean addicts off opioids, while McMahon measures kratom's effect on the brain in his in vivo experiments. Chris McCurdy, Ph.D., pictured left, and Lance McMahon, Ph.D., are multiple principal investigators on two grants studying kratom. McCurdy has a long history of studying kratom and its potential as a painkiller and to wean addicts off opioids, while McMahon measures kratom's effect on the brain in his in vivo experiments. Jesse Jones