UCF Reach for the Stars 2024 Honorees Leading the Charge into the Future The prestigious Reach for the Stars award recognizes early-career professionals with highly successful research and creative activity that has national or international impact.
Two Sisters, One Journey After a shocking medical diagnosis brought them closer together, Gabie ’23 and Zoe Owens are inspiring each other to follow careers in healthcare.
UCF Physical Therapy Faculty Inducted as Distinguished Fellows of the National Academies of Practice Clinical associate professors Laurie Neely and Jennifer Tucker ’23PhD are honored for exemplary work to promote interprofessional education.
UCF-HCA Programs Gain More Than 200 New Residents With residency and fellowship programs from Pensacola to Greater Orlando, the UCF-HCA consortium is one of the fastest growing Graduate Medical Education programs in the state and will be training more than 620 physicians by this summer.
All UCF Class of 2024 Students Match, Record Number In Psychiatry On Friday, 117 UCF College of Medicine seniors placed into residencies — the entire Class of 2024, which entered medical school at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UCF Med Student Earns National Award for Efforts to Reduce Health Disparities The Excellence in Public Health Service Award recognizes medical students’ contributions to public health in their community.
New Drug May Help Prevent Brittle Bones, Weight Gain During Menopause College of Medicine Professor Melanie Coathup’s goal is to find a more effective drug that can be used long-term with little or no side effects.
UCF Researchers Develop Novel Therapy for Incurable Brain Cancer By targeting a drug resistant mechanism in cancer stem cells, researchers discovered that traditional cancer therapies are four times more effective against glioblastoma.
New Study Shows Fortified Salt Can Reduce Birth Defects The study, in four rural Indian villages, showed the fortified salt increased women’s folic acid levels dramatically, significantly reducing their risk of having babies with birth defects.
Mixing Realities for More Realistic Trauma Training A patented innovation developed by UCF researchers brings the virtual and physical worlds together to enhance healthcare training for trauma and casualty care.