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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.

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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At the University of Central Florida, students can choose from a wide range of degrees that best prepare them for jobs in health, biomed, therapy and more.

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Colleges & Campus
2 Engineering Professors, 1 Alum Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Faculty members Reza Abdolvand and Ni-bin Chang and triple Knight Clara Rivero Baleine ’01 ’03MS ’05PhD are recognized for impacts to their fields and society.
Research
UCF Researchers Receive NSF CAREER Awards for Engineering Research on Intelligent Systems
The awards will support separate research projects exploring responsive nanomaterials and resilient autonomous systems.
Research
7 Knights Earn 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship program is among the most distinguished honors for graduate students conducting research with potential impacts across engineering,…