Friends for life

Navigating the teen years is complicated enough without dealing with a severe illness. UF’s Streetlight programs gives teens and young adults being treated at Shands at UF the one thing their doctors and nurses cannot — friends who get it.

March 2011

Lisa Strickland was a medical missionary in Africa before becoming a nursing student. She and he husband plan to move back to Africa after she finishes nursing school./Photo by Maria Belen Farias

Following her heart

Former missionary Lisa Strickland plans to put her nursing degree to use in Africa.

Shahla Masood established the Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease in 1995.

The pioneer

Shahla Masood has been bringing experts from all facets of breast cancer care together since 1995.

Leonid Moroz

Our wiggliest ancestors

Meet your creepy-crawly cousin. A new UF discovery highlights the human-worm relationship.

Dr. Christopher Cogle and Peter P. Sayeski/Photo by Maria Belen Farias

Too much blood?

A potential new drug could halt blood overproduction, a problem that can lead to life-threatening diseases.