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University of Florida Health joins U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Medical Network providing care to Team USA athletes
UF Health becomes the eighth member of the medical network, and the first in the southeastern U.S., where many Team USA athletes live and train.
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University oF florida College of Medicine by the numbers
RANKED
No. 5
public university in the 2025-26 Forbes Top 25 Public Colleges rankings
EARNED
$176 million
in National Institutes of Health FY25 funding (Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research)
OBTAINED
$456 million
in total research funding
RECEIVED
$180 million
in research awards that use OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network to conduct research applying real-world data to address the most pressing health problems in Florida (2015–2021)
AMONG THE
Top 50
of all U.S. medical schools for NIH research dollars awarded to medical schools
CONTRIBUTED
$1.34 billion
to the Florida economy (July 2022–June 2023)
Academic and research achievements
NIH-funded research that makes an impact
The University of Florida College of Medicine received a record $176 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2025, underscoring the institution’s sustained commitment to accelerating medical discovery.
The University of Florida Health Cancer Institute has received prestigious designation from the National Cancer Institute and joins the ranks of the country’s most distinguished cancer centers, becoming the 72nd in the United States and the only one in North Central Florida.
Researchers at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology have invented a search-and-destroy system for multiple incurable diseases. To date, they have discovered more than 200 unique RNA-targeting compounds involved in progression of ALS, dementia, types of muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s, advanced cancers, COVID-19, and several rare diseases.
UF Health transplant programs continue to be among the nation’s elite, including best-in-category results for the UF Health lung transplant program, according to the most recent rankings from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
UF Health rolled out its first mobile stroke treatment unit in 2023, enabling patients to receive immediate stroke care, even before they can be transported to a treatment center.
Artificial Intelligence at UF Medicine
The University of Florida is making artificial intelligence the centerpiece of a major, long-term initiative combining world-class infrastructure, leading-edge research and an innovative approach to curriculum. At the College of Medicine, teams harness the power of AI and leverage collaborations with leaders in technology to advance and improve health outcomes and patient care.
Harnessing the power of AI in medicine
Experts at the University of Florida College of Medicine are investing in faculty and infrastructure in artificial intelligence, from machine learning to natural language processing models, to advance research, improve efficiencies and ultimately provide better care.
The University of Florida has been awarded $3.6 million of a $23.5 million multicenter grant for a four-year data-generation project that is unprecedented in its scope, aimed at building an infrastructure for artificial intelligence in critical care and advancing artificial intelligence in ways that improve patients’ ability to recover from life-threatening illnesses.
University of Florida researchers have created a powerful new computational and AI tool that can generate a high-resolution 3D map of the brain and provide a view into the full set of molecules that produce energy for brain functions, bringing scientists one step closer to a more comprehensive understanding of the role of metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
Clinicians and engineers at the University of Florida have developed AI models that can predetermine possible challenges new mothers may encounter with breastfeeding, allowing health care teams to develop a plan to address these lactation issues even before birth.
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