CICMD was pleased to be represented at the 2026 State of Medical City, presented by AdventHealth, on Friday, September 18. CICMD member Dr. Siobhan Malany gave a great presentation highlighting her work and opportunities for collaboration across human health, innovative research models, and space-related research. Dr. Malany also…
The Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease (CICMD) congratulates CICMD trainee Kayla M. Smith on receiving a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). This competitive NIH fellowship supports promising predoctoral researchers as…
Michelle L. Gumz, PhD, FAHA, Co-Director of the Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease (CICMD), served as Vice Chair of the writing group for a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement examining the importance of time of day as a biological variable in cardiometabolic and kidney…
The Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease congratulates CICMD trainees and University of Florida College of Pharmacy graduate students Kayla Smith, Pharm.D., and Kalynn Turner on receiving prestigious predoctoral fellowships from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. Smith, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Pharmaceutical…
Congratulations to CICMD trainee Fahim Rejanur Tasin and mentor Dr. Nadja Makki! We are excited to celebrate the award of an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship supporting their research project: Identifying Genetic Risk Factors for Vascular Calcification Award: $70,676 Project Period: July 1, 2026…
The newly released ACC/AHA/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome represents an important step toward a more integrated approach to patient care.The guideline recognizes the strong interconnection between cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic disorders, emphasizing that these…
Up to 7.5% of your IDC can be allocated to CICMD at no cost to you. For instructions on how to allocate IDC to the CICMD please visit: https://cicmd.center.ufl.edu/resources-2/membership/how-to-allocate-idc-to-the-cicmd-instruction-guide/…
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 Guild…
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…
