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UF Health honored 33 endowed professors and chairs across the six academic colleges at a special Celebrating Distinction ceremony on Oct. 13.

The 4th UF Drug Discovery Symposium, hosted by the College of Pharmacy’s Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development, broke a record with nearly 200 registrants from 11 Florida institutions, April 22-23. The 2-day virtual symposium featured two keynote speakers: Susan L. Mooberry, Ph.D., a professor of pharmacology and the Greehey Distinguished Chair in...

The course was developed by the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the UF College of Pharmacy.

Berthold is a graduate student in the UF College of Pharmacy's department of pharmaceutics.

Endowed professorships are among the highest honors a college can bestow on a faculty member and are reserved for scholars of national and international acclaim.

The Teaching Service Award winners were recognized for their substantial contributions to the college, university, community and scientific community.

University of Florida College of Pharmacy graduate students Amy Alleyne, Elham Amini and Erin Berthold were three of 10 finalists to compete in UF’s Three Minute Thesis Competition on Nov. 9.

The grant will bolster research on Mitragyna speciosia, or kratom, and its potential to treat opioid misuse and physical dependence.

Recent reports of babies born with opioid withdrawal symptoms after their mothers used kratom during pregnancy have generated much concern about the medicinal.

UF researchers found kratom delivered significant pain-relieving benefits, reduced opioid withdrawal symptoms and caused minimal respiratory depression.