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The Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease (CICMD) is proud to celebrate the remarkable presence and achievements of University of Florida faculty and trainees at the 2026 American Physiological Society (APS) Summit in Minneapolis. Nearly 50 UF faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and trainees attended the…
We are proud to celebrate two outstanding CICMD trainees for their recent achievements—congratulations to Sophia Eikenberry and Jacob Ricci! Sophia Eikenberry was recognized as a Silver Award Winner at the 2026 UF Medical…
The Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases (CICMD) is proud to share that our Co-Director, Dr. Michelle Cardel, was featured in a recent U.S. News & World Report article exploring the emerging concept of “food…
A new press release from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlights a report identifying critical opportunities to prevent pregnancy-related cardiovascular disease and reduce maternal mortality in the United States, where cardiovascular conditions remain a leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths. The report underscores that…
Join us for an exciting lecture with CICMD Invited Speaker: Dr. Humberto Lopez Castillo on April 1st at 7200 Malachawsky Hall, from 2:00-3:00 PM: Cardiometabolic and HIV in Primary Care: Lessons from Panama and Florida. As antiretroviral therapy has extended life expectancy among adults living with HIV (ALWH), cardiometabolic diseases…
Dr. Kelly Hyndman has long been fascinated by how the body maintains fluid and electrolyte balance in an ever-changing environment. From studying fishes that migrate between freshwater and seawater to investigating how humans adapt to high dietary sodium intake, her research uses basic science models to uncover the mechanisms that…
February 4, 2026, 2-3 PM, Malachowsky Room 7200. Dr. Cardel is a nutrition scientist and registered dietitian who serves as a faculty member at the University of Florida, where she co-directs the Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases. Previously the Chief Nutrition Officer at WeightWatchers, she helped lead the…
The Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease (CICMD) is pleased to announce that Shu Niu, a graduate student in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, has received a Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA). The highly competitive, two-year fellowship will…
Avoiding the Engagement Cliff: Which Strategies Work Best in Digital Weight Loss Interventions? Dr. Michele Patel is an Instructor of Medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center in the Stanford School of Medicine. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Duke University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular…
Join us for a lecture with Dr. Catherine “Katie” Derington. She is an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at the University of Colorado whose research uses real-world data to improve hypertension care, focusing on gaps between clinical guidelines and patient treatment across large national datasets: Risk, Regimens, and Real-World Data: Rethinking Antihypertensive Therapy for the Next Decade.
