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Welcome to the University of Florida Health Science Center, which consists of six colleges that work in close collaboration with Shands HealthCare. Although the HSC and Shands are distinct legal entities, we work together as UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation.

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Dance Marathon: For the Kids

April 11, 2012


Take a look at this photo. What’s going on? It’s Dance Marathon at UF!

Dance Marathon

Dance Marathon at the University of Florida is a year-round fundraising organization that culminates in a 26.2-hour event at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, where UF students stay awake and on their feet to show their support and raise money for Shands Hospital for Children at UF, a Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) hospital.

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  • Children with rare, incurable brain disease improve after gene therapy
    Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease. The first-in-humans achievement may also be helpful for more common diseases such as Parkinson’s that involve nerve cell damage caused by lack of a crucial molecule in brain tissue. [...]

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Liver transplant program reactivation plans underway

Dear UF&Shands faculty, residents, staff and students:

We are proud of the excellent reputation our transplant teams have earned and their rich history of medical firsts and milestones in patient care and service.

We are pleased to announce plans to reactivate our adult and pediatric liver transplant programs at Shands any day now. This positive news comes following the appointment of Jeffrey Fair, M.D., the UF College of Medicine department of surgery chief of abdominal transplantation, who joined us last month to lead our outstanding transplant team.

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