To further position the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as a global leader in the field of urology, the Desai Sethi Family Foundation made an extraordinary commitment of $20 million to the Miller School’s renowned Department of Urology. The new Desai Sethi Urology Institute will continue to accelerate breakthroughs in research, expand clinical care, and train future generations of urologists.

Researchers at the Miller School of Medicine, along with experts from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry Medical College, received a $12.4 million NIH grant to develop the Southeast Collaborative for Innovative and Equitable Solutions to Chronic Disease Disparities. Their collaborative work will aim to reduce risk factors for and disparities in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and related conditions among African American and Latino populations in the Southeast.

The work of our medical experts surrounding COVID-19 continued to uncover truths regarding vaccine hesitancy. Published in JAMA, the most widely circulated general medical journal in the world, a study from the Miller School of Medicine confirmed that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe for male reproduction.

At UHealth – University of Miami Health System, the compassion of a clinician often extends beyond their time with patients and families. Evan Peskin, an anesthesiology resident for the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, co-founded Good Samaritan Meals, a small nonprofit that serves Miami’s most vulnerable communities. For the past year, after many of his 12-hour shifts, he established a weekly ritual of visiting local bakeries to pick up leftover breads and pastries to deliver them to the Lotus House shelter for homeless women and children.