Department Of Clinical And Health Psychology

The prestigious awards program supports unconventional approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

The award is is presented in support of the university’s preeminence goals to further advance faculty research efforts.

Nine faculty members were awarded tenure and/or promotion from the University of Florida for the 2021-22 cycle.

In January 2022, CHP’s researchers Dr. Adam Woods and Dr. Aprinda Indahlastari  participated in Georgia Tech’s GPU Hackathon seeking to optimize computational brain science applications, while teaming up with UF’s Artificial Intelligence Initiative partners at NVIDIA and OpenACC. “During the hackathon, the UF-NVIDIA team worked…

The team significantly improved processing speed for an AI study during a hackathon held last month.

AI, combined with MRI scans of the brain, may be able to predict whether people with early memory loss will go on to develop dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

A member of the college faculty since 2003, Janicke has served the department as a professor, associate chair and doctoral graduate program director.

Given the known barriers to weight loss and weight maintenance in rural areas, this is good news for rural patients considering the surgery.

Using AI technology, UF researchers will determine precision dosing for a new treatment designed to prevent dementia in older adults.

The findings could help physicians identify who is at risk of developing severe COVID-19 so treatment can begin earlier.