{"id":143787,"date":"2024-11-04T10:55:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=143787"},"modified":"2024-11-04T11:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:07:02","slug":"new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"New UCF Lab Focuses on Healing Power of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Physicians and scientists will work side by side in a new UCF research lab to advance light-based technologies that can prevent, detect and treat disease.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists from the university\u2019s world-renowned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/optics-photonics\/\">College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL)<\/a>&nbsp;and physicians and biomedical scientists from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/medicine\/\">College of Medicine<\/a> commemorated the opening of the new lab Friday at the College of Medicine\u2019s Burnett Biomedical Sciences building in Lake Nona.<\/p>\n<p>They were joined by Bruce Tromberg, director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health. He leads a national research team focused on developing technologies for biomedical imaging and therapy to improve health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese technologies will allow physicians see how the body works in real time \u2014 with noninvasive procedures for patients,\u201d says Deborah German, UCF vice president for health affairs and dean of the College of Medicine. \u201cWorking together, we can create advanced technologies that will provide better care to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-143789 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser.jpg\" alt=\"A machine with a laser\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-143789 img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A machine with a laser\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_Laser.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>David Hagan, CREOL dean, said the lab\u2019s location in Medical City will provide opportunities for biophotonics researchers to learn from clinicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter how smart you are in biophotonics, you don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening inside the body,\u201d he says. \u201cThe real trick is getting doctors talking to scientists, When that happens we can push the boundaries of what light can do for health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UCF medical and biophotonics experts are already working on several important research projects, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a>Using light and sound to improve the placement of epidurals during childbirth. Physicians place the epidural in a mother\u2019s back by feel, but in about 30,000 cases a year, the epidural is misplaced, causing temporary paralysis or more serious complications. UCF researchers have created a new technology that uses sound and light to help physicians better place the anesthetic. Sound bounces off the spinal cord for proper placement. A tiny light in the needle illuminates the area, providing a picture that is 10 times higher resolution than ultrasound.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fiberoptic sensors that can determine immediately if blood is clotting during heart surgery. Currently, when a patient is on a heart-lung machine during surgery, doctors must use a chemical blood test to see if the blood is clotting. &nbsp;But the test takes 20 minutes to 30 minutes to complete. The fiberoptic sensor can determine immediately if blood cells are clotting so physicians can act faster to minimize the risk of stroke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new lab will also provide opportunities for UCF undergraduate, graduate, medical students, residents and fellows to conduct research. Its location in Medical City will provide interdisciplinary research opportunities for UCF physicians and scientists to work with UCF Lake Nona Hospital, UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center, Nemours Children\u2019s Health and the Orlando VA Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Tromberg says the UCF partnership is coming at the perfect time as the NIH recognizes the power of bioengineering and artificial intelligence to improve healthcare.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143790\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-143790 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting.jpg\" alt=\"Someone using a laser to cut through a ribbon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-143790 img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Someone using a laser to cut through a ribbon\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024_Ribboncutting.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Friday\u2019s ceremonies included a laser ribbon cutting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the right time for you. Traditionally, many medical schools have been reluctant to form partnerships like these because doctors and engineers don\u2019t speak the same language. But Dean German is coming to you guys,\u201d he says, pointing to CREOL faculty and founders who attended the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Guifang Li, a principal investigator on the epidural study, says he is excited to be using his research to help improve health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth is personal,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd technology is all about looking for solutions. If the doctors can help us understand the need, we can work together to solve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of his postdoctoral scientists, Sudip Gurung, attended the celebration and created a laser ribbon cutting in honor of the partnership. He also will be working in the new lab to perfect the epidural technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFiberoptics has changed the world,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be creating applications that can change the world for healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new lab will provide opportunities for UCF undergraduate, graduate, medical students, residents fellows and physicians to conduct interdisciplinary research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":143788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,12,23],"tags":[979,981,14916],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-143787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-health","category-research","tag-college-of-medicine","tag-college-of-optics-and-photonics","tag-research"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New UCF Lab Focuses on Healing Power of Light | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new lab will provide opportunities for UCF undergraduate, graduate, medical students, residents fellows and physicians to conduct interdisciplinary research.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New UCF Lab Focuses on Healing Power of Light\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new lab will provide opportunities for UCF undergraduate, graduate, medical students, residents fellows and physicians to conduct interdisciplinary research.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-04T15:55:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-04T16:07:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nicole Dudenhoefer &#039;17\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nicole Dudenhoefer &#039;17\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nicole Dudenhoefer '17\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9d80c5f96623baaf4ec084540ceb2407\"},\"headline\":\"New UCF Lab Focuses on Healing Power of Light\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-04T15:55:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-04T16:07:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light\/\"},\"wordCount\":655,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-ucf-lab-focuses-on-healing-power-of-light\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2024\/11\/UCF_COM_CREOL_Lab-2024.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"College of Medicine\",\"College of Optics and Photonics\",\"Research\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Colleges &amp; 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