Health & Medicine

Class of 2019 students become M.D.s

Published: May 18, 2019 | 8:46 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine, University News

They arrived as students and departed as doctors. In between were raucous cheers, air-horn blasts, babies’ cries and audible sighs as, one by one, the 113 graduates of the FSU College of Medicine’s Class of 2019 crossed the stage and grabbed the diploma of their dreams. This was the medical school’s 15th graduating class, and […]

Primary care, FSU-style, arrives in southwest Tallahassee

Published: May 10, 2019 | 5:04 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

(Left to right) Jason Rybicki, vice president of FSU PrimaryHealth’s community advisory board; Daniel Van Durme, senior associate dean for clinical and community affairs; Anicia Robinson, principal of Sabal Palm Elementary; and Johnnie Seals, a neighborhood resident and job-site superintendent for Childers Construction, cut the ribbon at the College of Medicine's new primary-care health health center, FSU PrimaryHealth.

Tallahassee’s newest home for primary care is ready for business, and it’s wearing the FSU brand. On May 10, the ceremonial ribbon was cut in front of the new FSU PrimaryHealth center at Roberts Avenue and Eisenhower Street in southwest Tallahassee. The 10,000-square-foot facility has 17 exam rooms, two procedure rooms, a community room, a […]

FSU nutrition researcher receives early career award

Published: May 2, 2019 | 10:24 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Bradley Gordon, an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Science

A Florida State University researcher has received a prestigious early career award from the American Society for Nutrition. Bradley Gordon, an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Science, has received the 2019 Vernon R. Young International Award for Amino Acid Research. The award is given to an early career researcher — […]

FSU nursing dean advances college’s research mission

Published: April 9, 2019 | 1:46 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Judith McFetridge-Durdle, has served as dean of the College of Nursing since December 2013.

Judith McFetridge-Durdle may be retiring, but Florida State University’s College of Nursing dean made an everlasting impact during her five-year tenure by advancing the college in the areas of research and diversity. She will step down as dean June 30. McFetridge-Durdle’s top priority when she arrived at FSU in December 2013 was to focus on […]

New website walks parents through early childhood development, alerts them to early signs of autism

Published: March 26, 2019 | 8:00 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Your baby delights you but he’s causing you concern. Why is it so hard to get him to look at you? Why doesn’t he gesture as much as other babies you know? Your relatives say you worry too much. They blame your parenting for the child’s frequent tantrums. Still, you wonder: “Could my baby have […]

New clue for cancer treatment could be hiding in microscopic molecular machine

Published: February 26, 2019 | 9:29 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Robert Tomko, assistant professor of biomedical sciences.

Buried deep within the dazzlingly intricate machinery of the human cell could lie a key to treating a range of deadly cancers, according to a team of scientists at Florida State University. In a new study, researchers discovered a critical missing step in the production of proteasomes — tiny structures in a cell that dispose […]

Heart health education can positively influence underserved, rural populations

Published: January 23, 2019 | 11:26 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Laurie Abbott, assistant professor in the College of Nursing

Improving dietary habits and learning skills such as reading food labels and recognizing the signs of a heart attack have the potential to improve cardiovascular health among underserved rural populations, according to newly published research from Florida State University. Laurie Abbott, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, found significant improvements in food-related behaviors […]

FSU research sheds light on spinal cord injuries

Published: January 21, 2019 | 11:00 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Yi Ren is a professor of biomedical sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine.

Thousands of people worldwide suffer severe spinal cord injuries each year, but little is known about why these injuries often continue to deteriorate long after the initial damage occurs. Yi Ren, a professor of biomedical sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine, is making progress in understanding why such significant harm is inflicted […]

Noted behavioral scientist joins College of Nursing faculty

Published: January 16, 2019 | 1:33 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Frank Y. Wong, an FSU professor in the College of Nursing, has received a $700K NIH grant to study the link between HIV and hypertension.

Frank Y. Wong, a National Institutes of Health-funded researcher investigating sexual health and substance use/abuse among Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States, has joined the Florida State University College of Nursing. Wong is an expert in community-based research targeting racial/ethnic and underserved populations, including immigrants, refugees, and linguistic and sexual minorities with […]

Personality type could shape attitudes toward body weight of others, researchers say

Published: January 15, 2019 | 10:25 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Angelina Sutin, associate professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Behavioral Sciences

Studies show there is a major link between personality traits and personal body image, but the relationship between personality and attitudes toward others’ bodies has gone largely unexplored. Now, Florida State University researchers suggest that the specific alchemy of an individual’s personality — their distinct blend of conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness, neuroticism and extraversion — is […]

FSU’s medical music therapy for vulnerable babies to expand

Published: January 8, 2019 | 9:30 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Health & Medicine

FSU alumna Ciele Gutierrez offers medical music therapy to a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit. "Sometimes when a mom is holding her baby and I’m providing music therapy she will say, 'Wow, I can feel her breathing slowing down and she's just kind of melting into me and becoming more relaxed.' So, the moms themselves are feeling their babies' physical change.” (Photo: Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare)

Critically ill babies fighting for their lives will now benefit from the services of Florida State University’s world-renowned Medical Music Therapy program even after they leave the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Expanded music therapy services start this month thanks to funding provided by an FSU Dance Marathon grant to FSU’s College of Medicine Neonatal […]