Imagine if there was a way medical researchers could solve major public health problems without embarking on massive clinical studies that are costly, time-consuming, and expose individuals to drugs without knowing what the impact will be. Now there is – and it’s happening every day right here in Lake Nona at the University of Florida Center for Pharmacometrics & Systems … [Read more...]
Inside the University of Florida Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona – Part 2
The opening of the UF Research and Academic Center in 2012 allowed for the expansion of the UF College of Pharmacy professional Pharm.D. program into Medical City. The Lake Nona campus accepts approximately 80 students each year in the fall semester, with a total Orlando enrollment of about 280 students in the program at any given time. Student pharmacists at Lake Nona … [Read more...]
Inside the University of Florida Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona – Part 1
You’ve probably driven by the beautiful $53 million, 106,000-square-foot University of Florida Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona. The center opened in November 2012 to offer research on new therapies and cures, more clinical research opportunities, and enhanced access to pharmacy education. But what exactly happens inside? This three-part series will explore the … [Read more...]
It’s a Jungle Out There – Literally for Wycliffe Missionaries, Barry & Karen Keagy
When Barry and Karen Keagy moved to the Isle of Pines neighborhood in Lake Nona a year and a half ago, they weren’t sure what to expect. After all, they had only recently returned to settle down in the U.S. in 2014 after mostly living in South America for more than 20 years and only coming back to the States occasionally for 3- to 12-month periods. The tranquil suburbia of Lake … [Read more...]