College of Medicine

FSU, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare team up to construct new academic health center

Published: June 2, 2022 | 4:57 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, University News

Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare announced today a new partnership to build the FSU Health Tallahassee Center, a new facility that will offer advanced medical training and translational research opportunities and explore the academic health center of the future. The building, funded by a $125 million appropriation from the Florida Legislature, will be […]

FSU internal investment program helps faculty move from lab to market

Published: May 25, 2022 | 9:59 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Improved ceramics manufacturing, breakthrough medical screening tests and a more convenient way to detect nuclear particles earned funding from the latest round of a Florida State University program that helps researchers bring their work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded more than $167,000 to faculty members to continue research […]

FSU Med School Class of 2022, forged in the fires of COVID, graduates with joy

Published: May 21, 2022 | 5:39 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

The Florida State University College of Medicine celebrates commencement Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. (Colin Hackley for the FSU College of Medicine)

The Florida State University M.D. Class of 2022 took another step toward recapturing normalcy on Saturday when it held its commencement ceremony in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall – the first in its intimate, traditional setting since 2019. The atmosphere was festive: lots of flower bouquets, celebratory balloons and shouts of encouragement and pride from proud […]

10 ways FSU is changing the world

Published: May 4, 2022 | 11:04 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University researchers are driving innovation and creating new forms of art while using their knowledge to contribute to Florida and beyond. Take a look at a few ways in which FSU faculty members are changing the world around us. Salvaging Critical Floridian Ecosystems Apalachicola Bay once yielded 90% of oysters harvested in Florida […]

Research program unites faculty, local leaders tackling community problems

Published: May 2, 2022 | 9:54 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University · Research program unites faculty, local leaders tackling community problems A project using artificial intelligence to aid older adults with Alzheimer’s disease earned the top prize at a Florida State University competition designed to develop interdisciplinary research teams tackling complex issues. The project, which unites faculty and staff members from the College […]

FSU College of Medicine studying effects of isolation, partner separation

Published: April 27, 2022 | 12:01 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Professor Mohamed Kabbaj, a neuroscientist in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Medicine

Florida State University College of Medicine Professor Mohamed Kabbaj has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of acute social isolation and partner separation. “In humans, social attachment with partners, relatives or friends acts as a protective buffer against many negative consequences of life stress,” Kabbaj […]

Daniel Zuñiga

Published: April 12, 2022 | 11:28 am | Posted in: Student Stars

At age 15, Florida State University junior Daniel Zuñiga moved with his family from Bucaramanga, Colombia, to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, in search of a better education. During his senior year in high school, he applied to FSU originally as an interdisciplinary medical sciences major after he learned about the university’s efforts to support underrepresented […]

FSU continues to shine in latest U.S. News Graduate School rankings

Published: March 29, 2022 | 10:05 am | Posted in: University News

Best Graduate Schools U.S. News & World Report 2023 Florida State University

Florida State University’s graduate and professional programs continue to rank among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 edition of “Best Graduate Schools.” Twenty graduate programs and specialties at FSU are ranked in the top 25 among public universities, according to the publication’s annual rankings released March 29. Programs […]

Florida State University College of Medicine announces Match Day results

Published: March 18, 2022 | 3:14 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Stenia Accilien, M.D. Class of 2022 president, learns where she will enter residency training this summer while excited family members look on at the FSU College of Medicine Match Day. (Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services)

Graduating students in the Florida State University College of Medicine’s M.D. Class of 2022 received notification today of where they will enter residency training this summer. The Match Day ceremony took place at the Ruby Diamond Concert Hall for the first time since 2019, after two years of virtual events. “These students showed tremendous resilience […]

Two years of COVID-19: Experts available to comment on drug development, hospitality

Published: March 10, 2022 | 9:53 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

The first COVID cases in the United States were confirmed in early 2020. Since then, the pandemic has raised questions about health care, education, civil rights and responsibilities and more. Florida State University experts are available to talk about the effort to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 and the effects of the pandemic on […]

FSU College of Medicine research advances understanding of DNA repair

Published: March 8, 2022 | 1:55 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Zucai Suo, Eminent Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine. (Courtesy of FSU College of Medicine)

A Florida State University College of Medicine researcher has made a discovery that alters our understanding of how the body’s DNA repair process works and may lead to new chemotherapy treatments for cancer and other disorders. The fact that DNA can be repaired after it has been damaged is one of the great mysteries of […]

Profiles in Leadership: Dr. Alma Littles leading new generation of physicians

Published: February 23, 2022 | 12:04 pm | Posted in: University News

Dr. Alma Littles, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Academic Affairs. (FSU Photography Services/Bill Lax)

Florida State University · FSU's Dr. Alma Littles leading new generation of physicians Dr. Alma Littles’ commitment to service was born in her hometown of Quincy, Florida, long before she came to the Florida State University College of Medicine. She first learned the rewards of helping others from her parents. Their house was a meeting […]

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