JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax\u2019s Ben Becker has obtained an internal UF Health investigative report that details troubling allegations against a prominent local pediatrician.<\/p>\n
The report identifies Dr. Barbara Knox as the subject of multiple serious complaints made by UF Health Jacksonville employees. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n According to the findings, Knox fostered a hostile work environment through alleged bullying, racist behavior, and verbal abuse. <\/p>\n A UF spokesperson said that Knox submitted her resignation, effective August 15.<\/p>\n The internal investigation found that Knox \u201cmismanaged\u201d her team and contributed to ongoing \u201cunrest\u201d within the First Coast Child Protection Team<\/b><\/a> — a specialized group she was appointed to lead.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n This is not the first time Knox has faced scrutiny. She has a reported history of similar workplace misconduct allegations during previous tenures in Wisconsin and Alaska, raising further questions about oversight and accountability in her hiring.<\/p>\n A UF spokesperson said the university does not typically comment on personnel matters. <\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax\u2019s Ben Becker has obtained an internal UF Health investigative report that details…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,7323,24533,24535,3188,723,7324,7310,7327,7325,7326,24534,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-28534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-cbs47","11":"tag-dr-barbara-knox","12":"tag-first-coast-child-protection-team","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-fox30","16":"tag-jacksonville","17":"tag-jacksonville-fl","18":"tag-northeast-florida","19":"tag-southeast-georgia","20":"tag-uf-health-jacksonville","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa","27":"tag-wfox","28":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}