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 research…
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 – June 30, 2028…
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…
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…
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.
