Kristin A. Heath was named executive director of the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute. Kristin A. Heath succeeds Stuart L. Klein, who retired in November 2023 after 18 years.
For many individuals living in the rural 23-county area of North Central Florida served by the UF Health Cancer Center, access to mammography services for breast cancer screening is limited.
University of Florida College of Medicine received $100,000 from the Lyrics for Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by the platinum-selling band Sister Hazel, and Stop Children’s Cancer Inc.
A team of University of Florida medicinal chemists and cancer biologists has created a chemical compound that selectively helps cells dispose of proteins that cause cancer cells to grow.
Thomas GeorgePaul CrispenThomas George and Paul Crispen were appointed to executive roles at UF Health Cancer Center. George, a clinician and clinical investigator who has been the cancer center’s associate director for clinical research since 2016, was named deputy director. Crispen, a urologic oncologist, has been named associate director for clinical research.
The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has received NCI Cancer Center designation.
