UF Dance Marathon participants celebrate as the final donation numbers are revealed during the event April 12. Dance Marathon at the University of Florida celebrated its 20th anniversary over the weekend…
As University of Florida College of Engineering graduates, Jason and Rachel Haeseler knew UF held the promise of talented physicians and cutting-edge treatment. Yet, the couple said they didn’t fully understand this level of world-class healthcare until their newborn daughter was rushed to UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital…
University of Florida honors 7-year-olds who have raised more than $750,000 for medical research
In honor of National Blood Donor Month, we talked to Dona Ramey, who was inspired to regularly donate platelets after blood transfusions saved her son’s life during the 88 days he spent in the NICU at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.
White Cloud is partnering with Children’s Miracle Network to create its new facial tissue box designs to showcase children’s artwork while giving back to children’s hospitals across the U.S. Five-year-old patient Nathan Ferrell of UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital at the University of Florida has been selected as…
For children who celebrate Christmas, the night before is the longest night of the year. Christmas morning brings the grand reveal of presents under the tree. For the pediatric patients at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, Santa may not be stopping in their living room—but he will be making his…
Pete Schwob, who received a lung transplant in 2005 at UF Health Shands Hospital, with Daniel Best, who co-heads the…
November is National Adoption Awareness Month and Prematurity Awareness Month. We asked Adam and Jennifer Bess, parents of a premature adopted baby, to share their touching story. Find out how they struggled to adopt and fatefully found their daughter, Hannah Rose. Our adoption journey started…
At the time, Jennifer Pearce, RN, had spent more than five years in the NICU at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital caring for the tiny patients fighting for their lives, and encouraging parents dealing with an unthinkable struggle. Like every other parent in the unit, she never expected that…
Taking a closer look at the impact two professors in the Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy in the Department of Pediatrics are having on hemophilia treatment Dr. Brad Hoffman, assistant professor of pediatrics,…
