The SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, an academic collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School, has chosen UF Radiation Oncology Assistant Professor Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru (Lola), MD, MA, MBA (right) as an affiliate faculty member, effective October 4. The mission of the SEICHE Center is…
Kathryn E. Hitchcock, MD, PhD was recently appointed to a National Clinical Trials Network committee tasked with improving diversity and inclusion efforts for national leaders in oncology research. NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) comprises organizations and clinicians that coordinate and support cancer clinical…
An article featured September 28, 2022 in U.S. News & World Report focuses on the research of UF Radiation Oncology assistant professor Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru (Lola), MD, MA, MBA. Dr. Oladeru’s study, “Incarceration status and cancer mortality: A population-based study,” initially published September 16, 2022 in PLOS…
The UF College of Medicine has recognized Radiation Oncology Assistant Professor Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, M.D., M.A., M.B.A., as a trailblazer during Women in Medicine Month. “Being an immigrant and a woman in medicine has taught me the power of resilience — you really have to build a resilient mindset,” said…
When Karen Weatherman thought she was out of options in her fight against advanced pancreatic cancer, a treatment newly available at UF Health came to her rescue. On Oct. 6, Weatherman began getting treatment with a novel radiopharmaceutical agent, Lutathera, under the care of Robert Zlotecki, MD, PhD, UF Radiation…
The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has awarded a University of Florida team the 2022 Conquer Cancer Merit Award for their research abstract submitted to the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. The Merit Award program was established in 1995 to recognize high quality abstracts submitted…
If you are a man between the ages of 55 and 69, September is a good time to schedule a prostate screening, one that includes both a PSA blood test and prostate examination. Consider the numbers: Prostate cancer is the most common genitourinary cancer treated by a urologist and the…
The University of Florida Department of Radiation Oncology has received the UF Health “Likely to Recommend” Press Ganey Patient Experience award for the 2021 Fourth Quarter. Patients receive the Press Ganey survey within 24 hours of a hospital discharge or physician visit. The questions measure service and communication performance, such…
UF Radiation Oncology celebrated the unveiling of its 1.5-Tesla MRI-guided linear accelerator, the Elekta Unity, on July 21. The Unity will welcome its first patients at the end of the month. “This technology provides more opportunities to improve our use of radiation therapy than we’ve ever had,” said Robert Zlotecki,…
Assistant Professor Lola Oladeru, MD, MA, MBA (right), an NIH/NMA Fellow, has been selected to receive a National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Medical Association (NMA) travel award. The award provides air travel, hotel accommodations, and meals to recipients, who are required to attend a two-day NIH Workshop on…
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