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Rebecca Pearl
Assistant Professor
Rebecca Pearl conducts research on health and appearance-based stigma, body image, eating disorders and obesity.
Stigma Eating Disorders Body Image Obesity
Giles Peek
Clinical Professor/M.D.
Dr. Giles Peek is a congenital heart surgeon and ECMOlogist with experience in neonates, children, and adults.
ECMO Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Patricia Pereira
Professor/Associate Dean
Patricia Pereira has been the associate dean for Academic Affairs for the UF College of Dentistry since Fall 2019.
Operative and Esthetics Dentistry Prosthodontics Dental Education Dentistry Advanced Dental Education
Jorg Peters
Professor
Jorg Peters conducts research in graphics, visualization, human-centered computing and more.
Computer Graphics Geometric Modeling Surgery Simulation Virtual Reality
Roberta Pileggi
Professor/Director
Roberta Pileggi is a board-certified endodontist with expertise in diagnosing and treating oral pain.
Endodontics Bone and Inflammation Oral Trauma Higher Education
Selwyn Piramuthu
Professor
Selwyn Piramuthu is a professor of Information Systems at the University of Florida.
AI Authentication Auto-Id Cold Chain Cryptography Drone Financial Credit Scoring Food Industry IoT Last Mile Delivery Machine Learning Perishables Privacy RFID Security Supply Chain Warehouse
Caryn Plummer
Professor/Interim Chair
Caryn Plummer deals with the diagnosis, treatment and understanding of diseases of the eye in veterinary species.
Canine Glaucoma Comparative Ophthalmology Corneal Wound Healing Equine Ophthalmology Equine Recurrent Uveitis Immune-mediated Uveitis Infectious Keratitis Keratomycosis Ocular Pharmacology Veterinary Ophthalmology
Phil Poekert
Professor/Director
Phil Poekert leads the Lastinger Center for Learning to educational innovations through partnerships, research, development, and advocacy.
Policy Advocacy Educational Innovations Teacher Education Professional Learning and Development Teacher Leadership University Partnerships
Ana Maria Porras
Assistant Professor
Using her background in tissue engineering and infectious disease, Ana Porras creates models of disease to study human-microbe interactions.
Inclusion in STEM Science Art Tissue Engineering Heart Valve Disease Microbiology Gut Microbiome Infectious Disease Biomaterials Bilingual Communication Global Learning
David O. Prevatt
Professor
David O. Prevatt researches the performance of residential structures in high wind events such as tornadoes and hurricanes.
Hurricane and Tornado Damage Mitigation Hurricane Damage Structural Load Paths Structural Engineering Wind Engineering Natural Hazards Tornado Damage