Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, M.D. (IMAGE) UF Health Caption Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, M.D. is associate vice president for research at UF Health and head of the Center for Inflammation Science and Systems Medicine at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, based in Jupiter, Florida. Credit Scott Wiseman for The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Usage Restrictions For use with coverage of science news from The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.