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We’re proud to share that Lexi Riley-DiPaolo has been selected to receive the Frank M. Davis, MD Chairman Emeritus Grant, the premier grant awarded each year, created within the Bryan W. Robinson Endowment for Neurosciences. This honor recognizes Riley-DiPaola’s exceptional dedication and promising contributions to neuroscience research. Her work reflects the spirit…
Congratulations to Ricardo Diaz-Rincon on receiving $2,500 in professional development funds from the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida. This award, granted with the support of Dr. Jen Bizon, Director of the McKnight Brain Institute, and Dr. Joe Abisambra, Associate Director of…
Congratulations to Ricardo Diaz-Rincon on presenting his work at two prestigious conferences. In December 2025, he presented at Stanford University’s AI+HEALTH Conference. He continued to share his research in April 2026 at the Frontiers in Computational Precision Health Conference, hosted by the University of California, San Francisco and the…
Neuroscience PhD Candidate Ricardo Diaz-Rincon recently had his paper, “CASCADE Conformal Prediction: Uncertainty-Adaptive Prediction Intervals for Two-Stage Clinical Decision Support,” accepted at the ICML 2026 Workshop on Statistical Frameworks for Uncertainty in Agentic Systems (AgenticUQ), held at the International Conference on Machine Learning, the leading internation machine learning conference. This work…
Caitland Love has been selected as a recipient of the American Doctoral Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for the upcoming academic year. The AAUW, established in 1888, has a longstanding history of supporting women in higher education and advancing opportunities for women and girls.
Congratulations to Maria Ramirez, a graduate student in Dr. Dan Wesson’s lab, on being awarded a prestigious three-year NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)! Maria’s research project, titled “Chemosensory Influences of Intranasal Cocaine on the Reward System,” aims to advance our understanding…
Congratulations to Matthew Chao, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Habibeh Khoshbouei’s lab, on receiving the Undergraduate Clinical Poster Award at the College of Medicine Research Day! Matthew’s achievement highlights the outstanding research contributions being made by our undergraduate students and reflects the strong mentorship within the lab. We…
Congratulations to Devon Borg on receiving both the UF AI Medallion and the UF Presidential Service Award. The UF AI Medallion recognizes students who demonstrate a strong commitment to artificial intelligence through coursework, research, and innovation as part of the University of Florida’s AI initiative. The UF…
