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…
Dr. John Thyfault is a Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center whose work explores how movement and strong aerobic fitness protect the liver and lower the chances of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. He has written more than 220 scientific papers and earned major NIH and VA…
Exciting News from the University of Florida! We are thrilled to announce the launch of the official LinkedIn page for the Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases (CICMD). Our center unites basic scientists, clinicians, and population health researchers to drive innovations that enhance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases.
Hannah Costello and other members of the CICMD in the Gumz lab recently published an extensive review on “Circadian Clocks of the Kidney: Function, Mechanism, and Regulation” in Physiological Reviews, which summarizes what is currently known in the field, areas in need of extensive research, and highlighting how time-of-day is…
Congratulations to the CICMD Travel Award Winners. Several CICMD trainees won travel awards to help them offset travel expenses to conferences. Many have already traveled to meetings, Experimental Biology in Philadelphia, and the Keystone Symposia on the Gut-Brain axis in Banff – Canada. EB 2022 Caitlin Baumer, Jesus…
Center for integrative cardiovascular and Metabolic disease The Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease serves as a scientific hub that fosters research and…
