By: Grace Huff A creak in the hallway or a shadow that moves when it shouldn’t, before you realize what’s happening, your heart speeds up, your breath quickens, and your hands begin to shake. It’s the season of jump scares and haunted houses, but the real fright is happening inside…
By: Grace Huff Researchers at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health have uncovered a new brain pathway that could help explain a challenging side effect of deep brain stimulation (DBS), offering new hope for personalizing this life-changing treatment for people living with Parkinson’s disease. The…
By: Grace Huff This post is dedicated to ALS Awareness Month, a time to honor the strength of those living with ALS and to recognize the critical work being done to improve care and accelerate research. By spotlighting this complex disease, we aim to foster greater understanding, reduce stigma, and…
By: Grace Huff At the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health, nursing is more than a profession, it’s the compassionate backbone of our multidisciplinary care model. Fixel nurses play an integral role in the coordinated, patient-first approach that defines our clinic. Working alongside neurologists, therapists, dietitians, and…
By: Grace Huff In a recent visit to UF Health’s Pathology Laboratory, Interim Provost Joe Glover, Ph.D., got a behind-the-scenes look at the cutting-edge work driving discovery across the University of Florida’s research community. During the tour, Joe Glover, PhD, spoke with two key Fixel-affiliated scientists, Stefan Prokop,…
Caring for someone with Parkinson’s disease (PD) requires understanding, compassion, and specialized knowledge. That’s why the Community Partners in Parkinson’s Care program is coming to UF, and we encourage you to attend. This nationally recognized training program is designed for staff at senior living communities, home care agencies, and healthcare…
By: Grace Huff Abbas Babajani, PhD, giving a tour of the MEG lab. Leaders in neuroscience and clinical innovation gathered at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases this April for the 2025 MEG Translational Research Consortium (MEG-TREC) conference. The event brought together experts from across North America to share…
By: Grace Huff Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare, and at the heart of this transformation are foundation models (FMs), large-scale deep learning systems trained on massive datasets and a more general form of chatGPT beyond text. In their recent paper, A Comprehensive Survey of Foundation Models in Medicine…
By: Grace Huff A groundbreaking study from the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health is shedding new light on the origins of myoclonus-dystonia (DYT11), a rare movement disorder marked by sudden, involuntary muscle jerks and milder dystonia. Led by Yuqing Li, PhD, and his team, the…
By: Grace Huff On World Parkinson’s Day, the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health reaffirms its commitment to advancing care for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) not just in the clinic, but in every hospital room where patients living with PD may find themselves at their most…
