Six MBI researchers were named 2024 University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professors, recognizing the university’s most productive and promising faculty members.
“This recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields,” said David Norton, UF’s vice president for research. “UFRF Professors earn significant grants; publish in the leading journals in their field; hold university leadership positions; and contribute to the university in countless other ways.”
Stephen Anton, Ph.D.
Anton researches the influence of lifestyle factors on people’s health and performance as they age.
Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, Ph.D.
Candelario-Jalil studies how inflammation contributes to injury following ischemic stroke.
Read more about Dr. Candelario-Jalil.
Daniel Ferris, Ph.D.
Ferris’ research focuses on unraveling the biomechanics and neural control mechanisms that govern human movement.
David Fuller, Ph.D.
Fuller develops new treatments for diseases that impair the ability to breathe and works to understand how the brain and spinal cord control respiratory muscles.
Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D.
Nixon’s research aims to develop initiatives to prevent substance use disorders and improve treatment outcomes.
Lisa Scott, Ph.D.
Scott’s research concentrates on how the brain and behavior develop during infancy and the ways the adult brain changes with learning.