Health & Medicine

FSU College of Nursing awarded over $1M to address growing nursing shortage in Florida via new practice partnership

Published: November 22, 2022 | 11:43 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

The LINE Fund supports the recruitment of faculty and clinical preceptors, bolstering the capacity of high-quality nursing education programs and increasing the number of nursing-education graduates who are prepared to enter the workforce. (FSU Photography Services)

The Florida State University College of Nursing has been awarded more than $1 million from a Florida Department of Education program that aims to combat the state’s growing nursing shortage through innovative academic industry collaboration. The funding came via two allotments from the DOE’s Linking Industry to Nursing Education, or LINE, Fund, the second of […]

Five questions: FSU exercise physiologist works to help individuals achieve optimal performance

Published: November 21, 2022 | 9:30 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Professor of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology Michael Ormsbee first became interested in how the body performs as a high school athlete, an interest that blossomed into a full-time career. As a professor and director of Florida State University’s Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine, or ISSM, he has worked with both individuals who are competing […]

FSU College of Nursing to launch Institute on Digital Health and Innovation, help solve ‘real-world needs’

Published: November 9, 2022 | 10:33 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Two recently hired faculty members in the College of Nursing are wasting no time making their mark at Florida State University, expanding the college’s footprint through the creation of a new institute focused on the intersection of digital innovation, big data and health care. Lisa Hightow-Weidman and Kathryn Muessig — esteemed digital health experts whom […]

FSU center awarded grant to improve rural community health and resilience related to opioid use

Published: October 20, 2022 | 3:40 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, University News

Ellen Piekalkiewicz, Jane Dwyer Lee and Tanya Renn.

A $1.3 million grant will fund a Florida State University College of Social Work project that aims to combat the opioid epidemic across eight southeastern states. The two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will go to FSU’s Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families and Children (CFC […]

FSU nursing researchers receive federal grant to study vaccine trial engagement in Latinx communities

Published: October 14, 2022 | 10:29 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

A team of researchers from the Florida State University College of Nursing has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) to examine predictors of vaccine-trial engagement among sexual and gender minority Latinx communities. The Innovation Award: Minority Health and Health Equity from […]

FSU psychologist elected as a fellow in prestigious American Psychological Association

Published: October 5, 2022 | 10:55 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

A Florida State University professor is being honored by the most prestigious psychological institution in the country on the heels of receiving a major National Institutes of Health grant to expand his research on the treatment of pediatric ADHD. Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Kofler has been named a fellow of the American Psychological Association. […]

Picking up the pieces: FSU psychology professor weighs in on mental toll of hurricanes

Published: October 4, 2022 | 12:08 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

As many Floridians rebuild their lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the psychological toll of the storm may leave scars for years to come. Florida State University Professor of Psychology Brad Schmidt studies the nature, causes, treatment and prevention of anxiety and associated issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and suicide. He […]

FSU lands world-renowned research team to bolster ‘unprecedented growth’ at College of Nursing

Published: September 22, 2022 | 12:22 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

As part of its expansion of health care and clinical research, Florida State University is adding two esteemed digital health experts with long records of funding from the National Institutes of Health to its ranks. Lisa Hightow-Weidman will begin her role as a distinguished and endowed professor on Oct. 3. Kathryn Muessig will start her […]

$4.9M FSU College of Medicine grant seeks to reduce HIV infections among young adults

Published: September 14, 2022 | 8:40 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Sylvie Naar, director of the Center for Translational Behavioral Science and a professor at the Florida State University College of Medicine. (Colin Hackley/Florida State University)

A lack of relatable messaging around HIV diagnoses and prevention could be a reason infection rates aren’t falling among young adults, despite dramatic decreases among all other demographics. With a $4.9 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, Florida State University behavioral scientist Sylvie Naar hopes to change that. “The No. 1 issue […]

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