#1 ranked public university on the 2024 Wall Street Journal’s Best U.S. Colleges.
$407M in total research and sponsored program funding, with researchers exploring topics across nine research centers and institutes.
28 research-oriented and foundational science and clinical academic departments
Game-changers in academic medicine
Generating momentum to create a healthier world. Pushing boundaries to answer the next big question. Accelerating the pace of progress to transform care.
Medical EducAtion
Education
Where clinical excellence, humanism and patient-centered care are the center of students’ education.
School of Physician Assistant Studies
The UF School of Physician Assistant Studies offers a continuous 24-month, full-time master’s program to train the next generation of PAs.
Master’s & Ph.D. programs
A variety of degree programs are offered aimed at translating discoveries from the lab to the patient.
Residency Training
With 75 ACGME-accredited housestaff programs, the UF College of Medicine provides graduate medical education through its partnership with the UF Health Physicians and UF Health hospitals.
Igniting innovation through Ai
Fueling the future
AI at UF Medicine
The University of Florida is making artificial intelligence the centerpiece of a major, long-term initiative combining world-class infrastructure, cutting-edge research and an innovative approach to curriculum. At the College of Medicine, teams harness the power of AI and leverage collaborations with leaders in technology to advance and improve health outcomes and patient care.
College news
Study pinpoints molecular changes in rats after exercise
Researchers have published preclinical work in Nature that expands understanding of the biology behind exercise
New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers fierce immune response to fight malignant brain tumor
UF-developed mRNA cancer vaccine reprogrammed immune system in clinical trials to attack aggressive brain tumor
Triple Gator graduate Matthew Diller pursues his calling in biomedical informatics
Spring 2024 doctoral graduate will soon join the National Institutes of Health as a postdoctoral trainee
‘Be present. Be kind. Be knowledgeable. Be you.’
138 members of the UF M.D. class of 2026 receive white coats at April 28 ceremony
College Events
College Calendar
Upcoming Events
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May 03
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University Wide Commencement – Spring 2024
7:00pm to 9:00pm
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May 15
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College of Medicine Town Hall
7:15am to 7:45am
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May 18
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M.D. Class of 2024 Commencement Ceremony
9:00am to 11:00am
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May 31
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Ultrasound in OBGYN: Innovative Practice for Advancing Health
8:00am to 9:00am
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UF Medicine Doctoral White Coat Ceremony
5:30pm to 8:30pm
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Jun 01
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Ultrasound in OBGYN: Innovative Practice for Advancing Health
8:00am to 9:00am
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MD Commencement
May 18, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Graduates from the newest class of Gator MDs are about to sign their names to the Hippocratic oath and join the field as new doctors. A ceremony is planned at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on May 18, marking the end of their medical school careers and the start of new beginnings and opportunities.
Research spotlight
Tyler Loftus, M.D.
As a clinician and data scientist, Tyler Loftus, M.D., an assistant professor in the department of surgery, conducts research that uses artificial intelligence to help clinicians make better-informed decisions regarding patients undergoing surgery. Loftus is the winner of the 2024 UF College of Medicine Rising Star Researcher Award in Clinical, Data or Artificial Intelligence Sciences.
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Meet our Faculty
Two faculty named fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
The world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals has elected 12 UF faculty to its newest class, including Jonathan Licht, M.D., and Linda Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., FACE. Licht, the director of the UF Health Cancer Center, the Marshall E. Rinker Sr. Chair and a professor in the College of Medicine, is recognized for his contributions to cancer epigenetics. Cottler, a dean’s professor of epidemiology at the College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, is recognized for her research on addiction and substance abuse.
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