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Sleeping Your Way to Good Health; A Study of Circadian Clock Genes
By Txong Moua When people talk about balance in life, there are usually spiritual, physical or social elements to the practices that should be adopted for healthier results. The circadian rhythm is not often discussed nor the correlation between your body’s sleep-wake cycle and its effects on your…
UF Health Neph Welcomes Dr. Karl Womer
Please Join us in Welcoming Dr. Karl L. Womer Dr. Karl L. Womer has been named Program Director of Renal Transplantation in the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Renal Transplantation at the University of Florida Department of Medicine. Dr. Womer was previously at Johns Hopkins University…
Department of Medicine 2013 Celebration of Research
The Department of Medicine 2013 Celebration of Research The Division of Nephrology proudly had 10 Research Faculty and Lab Assistants present posters in the Department of Medicine’s Celebration of Research. We had two winners from the Division. Winners for the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, & Renal…
Dr. Mark Segal Receives Master Clinician Award
The Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation would like to Congratulate Dr. Mark Segal on his honor of receiving the inaugural Master Clinician Award. Dr. Segal was one of ten physicians in UF Health to be awarded the inaugural Master Clinician Award.
Research Scholar Grant
Dr. Michelle Gumz received the Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar Grant from the American Society of Nephrology! The goal of this grant program is to provide funding for young faculty to foster evolution to an independent research career and a successful application a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant…
The Post- Dr. Gumz: Circadian Rhythm
Tick-tock Could the body’s internal clock system influence blood pressure? By Laura Mize Preventing high blood pressure is pretty straightforward, right? Eat a nutritious diet with limited sodium, exercise regularly, don’t smoke, moderate alcohol use and maintain a healthful weight. For some people, the equation is much more complex. Michelle…
Recent Publications
Dr. Wingo and Dr. Gumz recently had a paper published in Hypertension. This study shows that mice lacking the circadian clock protein Per1 have significantly lower blood pressure than wild type mice and that Per1 represses the expression of ET-1, a known regulator of renal sodium reabsorption and blood pressure.
