Congratulations to Marissa Pazik, Clinical Research Coordinator III, who was awarded an Anette Cornwell Bauer Scholarship for the 6th Annual Inspiring Women Leaders (IWL) Conference that will take place March 9-10, 2023 at the Reitz Union in Gainesville Florida.
Welcome, and thank you for considering participating in the UF Diabetic Foot Contact Registry. Through this service you will receive information about the opportunity to participate in research studies and upcoming seminars. The information stored will be part of a research database used to contact potential participants in future studies. Registration is simple and will only take a few minutes to complete. You must be 18 years or older to join and be interested in hearing about potential diabetic foot research projects.
The National Academies of Practice (NAP) has inducted Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, LAT, ATC, FNATA, FNAP as a Distinguished Practitioner and Fellow.
Aimee Struk, MEd, MBA, ATC, was awarded Exactech’s Legacy Award during its inaugural Clinical Coordinator Meeting on August 2, 2018 for her long-term dedication to Exactech’s Multicenter Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcome study. The Clinical Coordinator meeting was held in Portland, Oregon in conjunction with Exactech’s annual Clinical Evaluator Meeting for its shoulder arthroplasty group.
A new University of Florida study finds that 23 percent of adults age 60 and older who underwent a total knee replacement experienced a decline in activity in at least one region of the brain responsible for specific cognitive functions. Fifteen percent of patients declined across all brain networks the team evaluated.
Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, Ed.D., ATC, LAT, FNATA was recently featured in both the August and September 2017 editions of Oprah Magazine.
In the August 2017 edition, Dr. Horodyski discussed the benefits of exercise for helping relieve low back pain:
UF Orthopaedics resident W. Zach Stone received the 1st Place resident research awarded at the 2017 Florida Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting for the study entitled, "Clinical evaluation of alpha defensine in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection."
Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, LAT, ATC, FNATA, was recently inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Hall of Fame. NATA is a nonprofit organization representing and supporting members of the athletic training profession. The Hall of Fame is the highest honor an athletic trainer can receive. Honorees will be recognized for their significant, lasting contributions that enhance the quality of health care provided by athletic trainers and advance the profession.