Home News and Communications In The News In This Section In This Section College Images & Media In The News Reports and Publications Newsletters Website Resources Central Florida Public Media | Pediatric flu deaths remain high in Florida as child vaccination rates fall May 29, 2025 The Charge | UCF students develop a new AI software for Orlando Health May 23, 2025 FloridaTrend | Spotlight on ‘SpaceU’ May 22, 2025 FOX 35 Orlando | Artificial Intelligence in surgery May 22, 2025 Spectrum News 13 | Orlando Health and UCF Students Reveal AI Software May 22, 2025 The Charge | UCF pegasus professor uses his to passion make a difference May 22, 2025 Premiere Guide Miami | Space Summit 2025: Bringing Together Researchers who have Sent Research Payloads Aboard the ISS and Researchers in Microgravity April 30, 2025 NBC News | Life expectancy for women in some Southern states has barely budged in more than 100 years April 30, 2025 Barron’s | What Happens To The Human Body In Deep Space? March 25, 2025 World Today News | Unveiling the Mysteries: How Space Affects the Human Body March 25, 2025 The Economic Times | Blurry vision, wobbly steps, muscle loss, and more: Here’s what happens to the human body after returning from deep space March 25, 2025 Vietnam.vn | What happens to the human body in space? March 25, 2025 Spectrum News 13 | Medical Students Celebrate Match Day March 25, 2025 WFTV | UCF Medical Graduates Celebrate Match Day with 100% placement March 25, 2025 Positively Osceola | Rodeo Thrills Supporting Vets Special Needs Programs March 7, 2025 Yahoo Finance | Lit Thinking’s Collaboration with UCF Receives Florida High Tech Corridor Funding March 7, 2025 WESH 2 NEWS | Health and Technology Forum February 28, 2025 Exosome – RNA | Scientific proof of music therapy’s impact on Alzheimer’s disease February 13, 2025 Amazing Health Advances | New UCF Lab Focuses on Healing Power of Light January 31, 2025 Orlando Business Journal | January 15, 2025 Seminole sees spike in medical complex investments NewsyList | How Your Brain Clears Its Trash Each Night: Tips to Help January 6, 2025 West Orlando News | Orlando VA Doctor Recognized with Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award January 2, 2025 Spectrum News 13 | UCF health professor shares the importance of space health and medicine January 2, 2025 VA.Gov | Orlando VA Doctor Recognized with 2024 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award December 13, 2024 Space Explored | UCF investing in space medicine curriculum to support future space travelers December 5, 2024 Becker’s Hospital Review | 10 recent cardiology partnerships December 4, 2024 Central Florida Public Media | STI rates are slowing across the country and in Florida November 21, 2024 FOX 35 | UCF gets funding for breast cancer research November 14, 2024 WTXL Tallahassee | How four new ambulances will help Leon County EMS help you November 14, 2024 Photonics.com | UCF Opens BioPhotonics Lab November 12, 2024 WESH 2 News | UCF bringing unique ‘space medicine’ curriculum to Central Florida’s growing space hub November 12, 2024 The Charge | UCF announces new lab at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in Lake Nona November 8, 2024 Optics.org | New lab at University of Central Florida focuses on ‘healing power of light’ November 8, 2024 Psychiatric Times | Empowering Minds, Shaping Futures: Voting and Child Mental Health October 30, 2024 Phys.org | Polaris Dawn brings new areas of research, medical care September 17, 2024 CBC | Civilian astronauts ready to conduct perilous spacewalk September 17, 2024 Space.com | SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belt September 9, 2024 Viewpoints Radio | Sleeping In Zero Gravity: How Astronauts Train For Months Or Years Up In Space September 4, 2024 Orlando Medical News | COVID Summer Spike: Why Are So Few Floridians Getting Vaccinated? September 4, 2024 Florida Trend | Partnering Up September 4, 2024 NEWS DHAAM | Musk’s SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk August 30, 2024 Becker’s Hospital Review | Florida academic health system rebrands August 30, 2024 Orlando Business Journal | How health care and transportation are boosting Orlando’s AI future August 30, 2024 Florida Today | ‘A risky adventure’: All 4 Polaris Dawn astronauts will be in vacuum during spacewalk August 26, 2024 FOX News | Musk’s SpaceX to attempt first-ever private spacewalk with new suits, vehicle August 26, 2024 RYOrtho | Pickleball Bone Fractures up 90x, Primarily in Seniors August 23, 2024 Reuters | Musk’s SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk August 23, 2024 CBC | 4 civilians prepare for the riskiest SpaceX mission to date August 21, 2024 Florida Sun Review | Nemours Children’s Health Announces $7 Million Donation August 21, 2024 Central Florida Public Media | COVID-19 vaccine levels are low, but case rates and hospitalizations are rising August 7, 2024 Florida Trend | Partnering Up August 2, 2024 Orlando Business Journal | Central Florida’s space industry is filled with wonder and potential July 30, 2024 Becker’s Hospital Review | 94 top emergency departments, per nurses July 12, 2024 ClickOrlando | ‘Something magical that happens:’ The equine-assisted therapy program in Osceola helping veterans July 12, 2024 ReachMD | Personalized Vaccine for Liver Cancer Shows Promise in Clinical Trial July 12, 2024 News4Jax | Stop the shaking with a Parkinson’s patch July 11, 2024 South Florida Business Journal | UCF’s Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta on deep-space medicine and interstellar health July 3, 2024 MedChallenger | Florida Makes Space Doctors, Now Alabama Has AI Doctors June 24, 2024 Nonahood News | During National Men’s Health Month, Orlando-Area Doctors Urge Men to Prioritize Their Health June 18, 2024 Orlando Medical News | UCF To Enhance Space Medicine Research: New Curriculum To Ensure Space Travelers’ Health June 13, 2024 Sound & Vision | Music Hath Charms May 30, 2024 Florida Politics | UCF medical school hires space doctor, to start in July May 30, 2024 Becker’s Hospital Review | UCF College of Medicine partners with NASA to study side effects of space travel May 30, 2024 Florida Space Report | UCF to Expand Space Medicine Research, Curriculum Aimed at Keeping Space Travelers Healthy May 29, 2024 NonahoodNews.com | UCF Lake Nona Hospital CEO Wendy Brandon to UCF Grads: ‘Never underestimate the value of trusting relationships’ May 24, 2024 FOX 13 | UCF collaborates on breakthrough in fighting cancer May 22, 2024 StudyFinds.org | Adding one ingredient to table salt could prevent fatal birth defects May 8, 2024 Phys.org | Antimicrobial peptide from cows shows potential for treating hypervirulent bacteria May 3, 2024 Becker’s Hospital Review | Nemours Children’s, UCF Expand Partnership To Establish Pediatrics Department April 22, 2024 Yahoo News | UCF and Nemours announce official pediatrics partnership April 20, 2024 WOFL | Fixing A Pediatrician Shortage April 19, 2024 WFTV | UCF and Nemours Announce Official Pediatrics Partnership April 19, 2024 Orlando Business Journal | UCF medical school partners with Nemours Children’s Health April 19, 2024 Fortune | A 5-minute test can estimate your odds of developing breast cancer—but not if you’re biracial March 25, 2024 Florida Politics | Checking the pulse of Florida health care news and policy March 21, 2024 Spectrum News | UCF College of Medicine students celebrate residency Match Day March 18, 2024 Futurity | Folic acid in table salt prevents birth defects March 15, 2024 WFTV 9 | UCF medical students feel prepared for their future and ready for Match Day today March 15, 2024 Jerusalem Post | Lack of iodine and folic acid in table salt in Israel leads to birth defects, study shows March 15, 2024 WALB News | Is a New Pill About to Knock Out Menopause Symptoms? March 11, 2024 FOX 43 | Dr. Zamip Patel Inspires Future Physicians with Annual Scholarship for Future Doctors March 4, 2024 NSM Today | UCF College of Medicine researcher is developing a treatment to help cancer patients March 4, 2024 Orlando Sentinel | Syphilis cases spike in Florida, especially in Orange County February 26, 2024 Clinical Pain Advisor | AAOS: Pickleball-Related Fractures Up Significantly in Older Adults February 26, 2024 NBC | Pickleball-related injuries are on the rise, doctors say February 19, 2024 Everyday Health | As the Popularity of Pickleball Soars, So Do Fractures Among Older Players February 19, 2024 Becker’s Hospital Review | HCA-UCF add residency, fellowship programs February 19, 2024 Physician’s Weekly | AAOS: Pickleball-Related Fractures Up Significantly in Older Adults February 19, 2024 Medical Xpress | Cancer researcher ‘beefing up’ natural killer cells to stop cancer February 5, 2024 The Eagle | A vaccine to live in space? What’s happening in a Florida lab may help earthlings, too January 29, 2024 Medical Xpress | A vaccine to live in space? What’s happening in a Florida lab may help aging seniors, too January 23, 2024 Tampa Bay Times | Florida lab is making a vaccine to live in space January 22, 2024 Miami Herald | A vaccine to live in space? What’s happening in a Florida lab may help earthlings, too January 22, 2024 Click Orlando | How UCF’s new nursing pavilion will help address Florida’s nursing shortage January 22, 2024 Click Orlando | Can the cold weather make you more sick? January 22, 2024 WFTV | Florida company developing ‘space vaccines’ that can make aging humans stronger January 22, 2024 NBIC | This Nanocoating Enables Masks to Capture AND Destroy Coronavirus January 10, 2024 NSM Today | FDA approves revolutionary treatment for sickle cell disease December 18, 2023 NBIC | UCF Researchers Design Treatment to Protect Bones During Cancer Therapy December 18, 2023 WFTV 9 | Cure Bowl Supports UCF Cancer Research December 12, 2023
Central Florida Public Media | Pediatric flu deaths remain high in Florida as child vaccination rates fall May 29, 2025
Premiere Guide Miami | Space Summit 2025: Bringing Together Researchers who have Sent Research Payloads Aboard the ISS and Researchers in Microgravity April 30, 2025
NBC News | Life expectancy for women in some Southern states has barely budged in more than 100 years April 30, 2025
The Economic Times | Blurry vision, wobbly steps, muscle loss, and more: Here’s what happens to the human body after returning from deep space March 25, 2025
Yahoo Finance | Lit Thinking’s Collaboration with UCF Receives Florida High Tech Corridor Funding March 7, 2025
West Orlando News | Orlando VA Doctor Recognized with Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award January 2, 2025
Spectrum News 13 | UCF health professor shares the importance of space health and medicine January 2, 2025
VA.Gov | Orlando VA Doctor Recognized with 2024 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award December 13, 2024
Space Explored | UCF investing in space medicine curriculum to support future space travelers December 5, 2024
Central Florida Public Media | STI rates are slowing across the country and in Florida November 21, 2024
WESH 2 News | UCF bringing unique ‘space medicine’ curriculum to Central Florida’s growing space hub November 12, 2024
The Charge | UCF announces new lab at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in Lake Nona November 8, 2024
Optics.org | New lab at University of Central Florida focuses on ‘healing power of light’ November 8, 2024
Psychiatric Times | Empowering Minds, Shaping Futures: Voting and Child Mental Health October 30, 2024
Space.com | SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belt September 9, 2024
Viewpoints Radio | Sleeping In Zero Gravity: How Astronauts Train For Months Or Years Up In Space September 4, 2024
Orlando Medical News | COVID Summer Spike: Why Are So Few Floridians Getting Vaccinated? September 4, 2024
Orlando Business Journal | How health care and transportation are boosting Orlando’s AI future August 30, 2024
Florida Today | ‘A risky adventure’: All 4 Polaris Dawn astronauts will be in vacuum during spacewalk August 26, 2024
FOX News | Musk’s SpaceX to attempt first-ever private spacewalk with new suits, vehicle August 26, 2024
Central Florida Public Media | COVID-19 vaccine levels are low, but case rates and hospitalizations are rising August 7, 2024
Orlando Business Journal | Central Florida’s space industry is filled with wonder and potential July 30, 2024
ClickOrlando | ‘Something magical that happens:’ The equine-assisted therapy program in Osceola helping veterans July 12, 2024
South Florida Business Journal | UCF’s Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta on deep-space medicine and interstellar health July 3, 2024
Nonahood News | During National Men’s Health Month, Orlando-Area Doctors Urge Men to Prioritize Their Health June 18, 2024
Orlando Medical News | UCF To Enhance Space Medicine Research: New Curriculum To Ensure Space Travelers’ Health June 13, 2024
Becker’s Hospital Review | UCF College of Medicine partners with NASA to study side effects of space travel May 30, 2024
Florida Space Report | UCF to Expand Space Medicine Research, Curriculum Aimed at Keeping Space Travelers Healthy May 29, 2024
NonahoodNews.com | UCF Lake Nona Hospital CEO Wendy Brandon to UCF Grads: ‘Never underestimate the value of trusting relationships’ May 24, 2024
Phys.org | Antimicrobial peptide from cows shows potential for treating hypervirulent bacteria May 3, 2024
Becker’s Hospital Review | Nemours Children’s, UCF Expand Partnership To Establish Pediatrics Department April 22, 2024
Fortune | A 5-minute test can estimate your odds of developing breast cancer—but not if you’re biracial March 25, 2024
WFTV 9 | UCF medical students feel prepared for their future and ready for Match Day today March 15, 2024
Jerusalem Post | Lack of iodine and folic acid in table salt in Israel leads to birth defects, study shows March 15, 2024
FOX 43 | Dr. Zamip Patel Inspires Future Physicians with Annual Scholarship for Future Doctors March 4, 2024
NSM Today | UCF College of Medicine researcher is developing a treatment to help cancer patients March 4, 2024
Clinical Pain Advisor | AAOS: Pickleball-Related Fractures Up Significantly in Older Adults February 26, 2024
Everyday Health | As the Popularity of Pickleball Soars, So Do Fractures Among Older Players February 19, 2024
Physician’s Weekly | AAOS: Pickleball-Related Fractures Up Significantly in Older Adults February 19, 2024
The Eagle | A vaccine to live in space? What’s happening in a Florida lab may help earthlings, too January 29, 2024
Medical Xpress | A vaccine to live in space? What’s happening in a Florida lab may help aging seniors, too January 23, 2024
Miami Herald | A vaccine to live in space? What’s happening in a Florida lab may help earthlings, too January 22, 2024
Click Orlando | How UCF’s new nursing pavilion will help address Florida’s nursing shortage January 22, 2024
WFTV | Florida company developing ‘space vaccines’ that can make aging humans stronger January 22, 2024