Medicine News

Melanie Coathup is researching the many threats our bones face and how to better protect them throughout our lifespan on Earth and in space.

The study focuses on communities facing heaviest burdens from asthma.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Internal Medicine Shana Harris’ research examines the therapeutic possibilities of psychedelics.

A faster test for Lyme disease with results in as little as an hour could be available in doctor’s offices in the near future thanks to the efforts of two UCF researchers.

As a cardiac imaging specialist at the Orlando VA Medical Center, Elona Rrapo Kaso ‘13MD will also help train UCF internal medicine residents and medical students.

Su-I Hou, professor and founding director of UCF’s School of Global Health Management and Informatics, identified models of how older adults can best “age in community” mentally and physically.

Fourth-year medical student Xamil Vega is the second student from the College of Medicine to receive the scholarship.

The Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation funds interdisciplinary healthcare innovation at UCF.

For the study, the team analyzed statistics from the Florida Cancer Data system, and reviewed women who were diagnosed with breast cancer in Florida from 1990 – 2015, according to race and ethnicity.