UCF faculty and students are leading cutting-edge research that impacts people’s health on a national and global scale to help better understand health conditions and their causes, and develop the best treatments.
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- College of Medicine Research
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Focused On a Cure
Dr. Annette Khaled
Dr. Annette Khaled is the Head of the Division of Cancer Research and tenured Professor at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Khaled’s research spans both basic and translational areas of cancer research and involves the development of cancer therapeutics, nanotechnology and immunotherapy to treat the most invasive and aggressive forms of breast, lung, and prostate cancer.
UCF Cancer Research
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Colleges & Campus
Can AI Provide a Better Way to Relieve Pain for Hundreds of Millions of People?
A clinical researcher in athletic training and a biomedical engineer are exploring new methods for using AI to analyze ultrasounds and improve lives around the…
Science & Technology
UCF Research Team Discovers Breakthrough for 3D Carbon Printing
College of Sciences and Florida Space Institute researchers uncover multiple discoveries, including biomedical applications and efficiency improvements.
Academics
Increasing Attention Spans, Decreasing Anxiety Among Students Through Meditation
Learning sciences and educational research professors are studying how meditation and mindfulness techniques, as well as AR and VR, could reduce mind-wandering and stress levels…