Beyond the Fixel Institute Building
A TOUR OF THE NORMAN FIXEL INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AT UF HEALTH

(L-R) Drs. Matthew LaVoie, Ph.D., MalĂș G. Tansey, Ph.D., Stefan Prokop, M.D., and Matthew Farrer, PhD (Farrer photo courtesy of UBC Faculty of Medicine)
(L-R) Drs. Matthew LaVoie, Ph.D., MalĂș G. Tansey, Ph.D., Stefan Prokop, M.D., and Matthew Farrer, PhD (Farrer photo courtesy of UBC Faculty of Medicine)
  • The Fixel Institute building was founded to provide outstanding interdisciplinary care, research and education and there are over 100 Institute members located all over the University of Florida campus.
  • Together they create a vital and interconnected network of talent and ideas to drive the next generation of research and therapy.
  • The Fixel Institute announced in 2019 a gift of $20 million, matched by an additional $20 million, to kick-start a $100 million campaign to build next-generation disease-related research at the Fixel Institute.
  • Leading researchers from around the globe have recently agreed to move to UF and join the Fixel Institute as endowed professors, including:
  • MATTHEW LAVOIE, PHD, and his team from Harvard University
    Research focus: molecular biology, Leucine-rich repeat kinase and protein misfolding
  • MALU TANSEY, PHD, and her team from Emory University
    Research focus: neuroimmunology, vaccine, microbiome and therapeutics
  • STEPHAN PROKOP, MD, from the University of Pennsylvania
    Research focus: brain tissue repository
  • MATTHEW FARRER, PHD
    Research focus: genetic and functional analysis of neurological disorders