UF HEALTH CHIEF OF CLINICAL RADIOLOGY PHYSICS NAMED INTERIM HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL AGENCY Manuel Arreola, PhD, an assistant professor and chief of clinical radiology physics in the department of radiology, was named interim head of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s dosimetry and medical radiation physics section. The IAEA is an organization within the United Nations that promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Based in Vienna for three months, Arreola will edit IAEA publications and coordinate a major conference in pediatric imaging, among other projects in quality assurance of the use of radiation in medicine. “The opportunity to share my professional experience and my passion for what I do is an extraordinary thing," Arreola said. "The goal we have here at UF Health is the same goal that people have all around the world — developing better, safer and more efficient patient care.” �� GOOD ELECTED TO LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH AAMC Michael L. Good, MD, dean of the UF College of Medicine, was elected to the Administrative Board of the Council of Deans for the Association of American Medical Colleges. Good, UF’s ninth medical school dean, began his term with the board in June and will serve through 2018. The AAMC’s Council of Deans includes the deans of all 147 accredited medical schools in the U.S. and 17 in Canada. The administrative board is elected from the membership of the Council of Deans and works to address issues affecting academic medicine. Good took the helm of the UF College of Medicine in 2008, where he oversees 28 research-oriented basic and clinical departments with more than 1,300 faculty, 940 students and 775 resident physicians and fellows and the School of PA Studies. Good, a professor of anesthesiology, serves on the board of directors for UF Health Shands and chairs the board of directors for the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville. �� Michael L. Good, MD MD-PhD student Brittney Newby translates her passion for discovery into a meaningful career For Brittney Newby, PhD, entering the UF MD-PhD Training Program to study biomedical sciences was the perfect marriage of her research and clinical interests. Passionate about pediatrics and riveted by immunology, she received her doctoral degree April 28. Newby’s dissertation focused on environmental factors leading to Type 1 diabetes, which may lead to new targeted therapies for individuals at risk for developing the disease. Her passion for the topic and hard work resulted in her receiving the 2017 UF Medical Guild’s gold award for graduate student research. �������������������������������������������������������������� Newby said she’s wanted to be a physician since she was 5 years old and focused on pursuing a career in science while an undergraduate student at Florida A&M University. She entered the UF MD-PhD Training Program in the fall of 2011. “I realized research is what moves medicine forward,” she said. “We can use the scientific knowledge attained in the lab to answer questions that have been plaguing medicine.” Newby recalls being overwhelmed with feelings of self-doubt while applying for UF’s graduate program in biomedical sciences. Today, her advice for anyone passionate about science By TYLER FRANCISCHINE and medicine is simple: believe in yourself. “If you’re passionate about and dedicated to your goals, no one or nothing can stop you from achieving them,” she said. With her dissertation research behind her, Newby will begin a clinical clerkship at UF Health Shands Hospital. She takes comfort in knowing the classmates with whom she started the MD-PhD program will continue to be sources of support in her future. “Since we’re all on this unique journey of going to school for eight years, we’ve become very close,” she said. “I’m very thankful to have my classmates beside me.” PHOTO BY MINDY C. MILLER UF HEALTH NORTH INPATIENT HOSPITAL OPENS IN JACKSONVILLE UF Health leaders and Jacksonville community members took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 10 to open a new inpatient hospital at UF Health North. The 92-bed tower is connected by walkways to the current medical office complex. "The opening of this new hospital continues our mission of bringing the latest state-of-the-art technology, combined with the most effective patient care practices focused on quality, to the residents of North Jacksonville," said David S. Guzick, MD, PhD, senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of UF Health. PHOTO BY JESSE S. JONES DOCTOR GATOR | 3 PHOTO BY NELSON KEEFER
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