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...]

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...]

The Synapse Science & Technology Learning Center is coming to Eagle Creek in the late fall. Synapse aims to provide a unique after-school program where children will innovate, invent and be inspired in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It has been said time and again that children are the future. While this is undoubtedly true, it is up to us as … [Read more...]

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...]