Winter 2012
From the director’s desk
“Sometimes you have to balk at convention to cure cancer.” Spoken by one of our outstanding physician-scientists, Christpher Cogle, M.D., these words sum up our philosophy and ideals about the work we do everyday to not only fight cancer, but also to cure it.
The battle on blood cancers
Chris Cogle, M.D., and his pals are playing a game of hide and seek, trying to outwit their crafty competitors who know all the good places to hide.
UF’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit succeeding through research and team care
At 68, Patricia Beiter still ran three miles a day, biked and swam and had just earned her teaching degree. But a routine blood test revealed a problem. Beiter was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


