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PhysOrg | Study proves efficacy of nanomaterial-based disinfectant developed to combat COVID-19 spread September 23, 2022

Central Florida Health News | UCF Researchers Use Liquid Biopsies to Detect Cancer Earlier September 23, 2022

Orlando Medical News | In Other Words with Dr. Lisa Spector, MD September 23, 2022

Verve Times | Researchers Demonstrate That COVID Disinfectant Works September 23, 2022

Orlando Magazine | 50 Most Powerful in Orlando 2022: Education September 23, 2022

Lipoproteins Hide Lyme Bacteria from the Immune System September 14, 2022

Orlando Business Journal | 2022 Veterans of Influence: UCF Lake Nona Hospital’s Eddie Brooks gleaned business lessons as a soldier August 22, 2022

Becker’s Hospital Review | Five systems launching residency programs August 16, 2022

Healthy Duck | 7 UCF Health Docs Named Orlando’s Best for 2022 August 9, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | Central Florida 100: Rent control, inflation and joyful art August 4, 2022

Knight News | UCF Colleges Receive $4.5 Million For Initiative To Combat Future Health Crisis July 27, 2022

Orlando Sentinel |‘A very lonely place to be’: Take COVID-19 seriously, long-haulers warn July 27, 2022

Healthy Duck | Building on UCF Medical Students’ Dreams – Becoming “The Good Doctor” July 27, 2022

Healthy Duck | 3 UCF Colleges Receive $4.5M for Infectious Disease, Travel Health Research Initiative July 21, 2022

WFTV | UCF Researchers working to prepare Central Florida tourism industry for future pandemics July 20, 2022

Science Daily | Researchers develop liquid biopsy technique to help detect cancer in blood July 19, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | When can we stop worrying about COVID-19? Not yet, experts say July 18, 2022

Positively Positive | UCF Undergrads to Present at International HIV/AIDS Conference July 13, 2022

Capital Soup | HCA Florida Capital Hospital and UCF Launch New Graduate Medical Education Residency Program July 13, 2022

WTXL | New Graduate Medical Education Residency Program is heading to the Big Bend July 13, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | Central Florida 100: Abortion, guns and the Lake Eola scare July 11, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | Millions in grant money head to UCF for space research July 8, 2022

Spot On Florida | UCF Researchers Develop Liquid Biopsy Technique to Help Detect Cancer in Blood July 7, 2022

Healthy Duck | Simulation Training Lab Prepares Students For Clinical Rotations June 15, 2022

Bioengineer | Another record year for UCF – 8 National Science Foundation CAREER Award winners June 15, 2022

Eureka Alert | Another record year for UCF – 8 National Science Foundation CAREER Award winners June 14, 2022

Wall Street Reporter | Nova Mentis and UCF to Develop Saliva Serotonin Assay June 14, 2022

WFTV 9 | Doctor shortage getting worse June 2, 2022

NewsWise | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Selected for National NF2 Tumor Clinical Trial June 2, 2022

Orlando Business Journal | UCF calls for more research spending, faculty and fundraising in latest strategic plan May 31, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | UCF scientist probes flesh-eating bacteria for clues to next pandemic May 13, 2022

UCF Today | UCF’s Sherlock Holmes of Microbiology: Salvador Almagro-Moreno May 3, 2022

31 DAYS, 31 STORIES: #LetsTalkAboutHD with Amber Southwell May 3, 2022

Business Wire | Amber Southwell Awarded Sensory SentinelTM Grant by Turner Scientific May 3, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | COVID-19 pill Paxlovid is available in Central Florida. Why aren’t eligible people taking it? April 29, 2022

WFME | COVID cases are rising, UCF epidemiologist says stay calm and mask up April 29, 2022

UCF | Combating Pathogens to Protect Society April 27, 2022

NSM Today | Houston, we have a checkup: UCF doctors study space travel effects on astronauts’ organs April 25, 2022

WESH 2 | UCF study aims to find out how space travel affects the human body April 8, 2022

WFTV 9 | Axiom Space and UCF partner for Clinical Studies April 7, 2022

WKMG 6 | UCF doctor working with Axiom to study effects of space travel on eyesight April 7, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | Axiom Space’s civilian launch to space station gives UCF scientists chance to study eyes & brains April 4, 2022

NSM | Match Day 2022: Senior medical students celebrate resilience March 24, 2022

Spectrum News 13 | UCF Leaders Break The Mold To Produce Hundreds of Women Doctors March 2, 2022

Tallahassee Democrat | Capital Regional Medical Center, University of Central Florida launch residency program March 1, 2022

NSM Today | UCF medical students showcase research at FIRE Conference February 25, 2022

WFSU News | Capital Regional Medical Center will offer psychiatry and dermatology residencies to medical students February 24, 2022

WTXL |CRMC, UCF College of Medicine to launch new graduate medical education residency program February 18, 2022

Spectrum News 13 | AAPI hate crimes continue to rise during pandemic February 17, 2022

Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology | UCF-led Team Demonstrates Effectiveness of Device Aimed at Helping Babies with Heart Defects Survive February 16, 2022

Spectrum News 13 | Experts say more Hispanic nurses are needed in Florida, nationwide February 10, 2022

Sun Sentinel | Florida’s 4th COVID surge came fast and strong; here’s what’s ahead February 7, 2022

WMFE | The pandemic highlighted health disparities. It also showed how some disparities could be mended February 3, 2022

Spectrum News 13 | Exploring prescriptions for increasing diversity in medicine February 3, 2022

Improve Healthcare Podcast | Community Driven Artificial Intelligence in the Metaverse of Medical Data January 25, 2022

WESH 2 | ‘We’re closer to endemic status’: Epidemiologist weighs in on when pandemic could reach next phase January 25, 2022

CNN | What is ‘flurona’ and how serious is it? January 5, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | Florida Surgeon General proposes children skip COVID tests January 5, 2022

News 13 | Omicron cases climb high, businesses take steps to protect customers, staff January 4, 2022

UCF Today | From the ‘Smithsonian’ Magazine to the Tonight Show, UCF Research has a Big Year in the News January 3, 2022

Legal Reader | Cannabis use disorder is increasing among young adults and can cause psychological distress January 3, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | Outpatient, incision-free brain surgery can end years of disability for tremor patients January 3, 2022

Apple Podcasts | Bits To Bedside-Using Big Data in Precision Medicine January 3, 2022

Orlando Sentinel | Demand for booster shots rockets in Central Florida, breaks statewide record after omicron enters the U.S. December 7, 2021

New York Times | Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner? December 3, 2021

Spectrum News 13 | Doctor urges changes in lifestyle, diet to curb rising obesity rates November 17, 2021

Miami Herald | Miami-Dade’s COVID-19 vaccination rate is very high. Here’s why you might be skeptical. November 16, 2021

WESH 2 | Tired? Blame the time change: Here’s how you can reset November 9, 2021

Florida Today | University of Central Florida probes what makes bacteria ‘flesh-destroying’ November 9, 2021

Orlando Sentinel | The COVID-19 delta surge is over. How do we avoid another one? October 29, 2021

Nicholson Student Media | Poverty simulators hit home for UCF medical students October 27, 2021

News 6 | How to dispose of unused, expired medication October 25, 2021

Orlando Sentinel | Should people with natural immunity be exempt from vaccine mandates? October 25, 2021

Orlando Sentinel | Central Florida 100: Jon Gruden, flying cars and the future of neighborhoods October 20, 2021

Gainesville Sun | Florida scientists bring hope to breast cancer patients through groundbreaking research October 18, 2021

WKMG | CDC data shows increase in overdose deaths in Florida, nationwide October 18, 2021

PHYS.ORG | Clues emerge: How harmless bacteria go rogue turning into deadly flesh-eating variants October 18, 2021

WMFE | How has the pandemic affected students’ decisions to enroll in medical school in Florida? October 18, 2021

FOX 35 | Growing need for Hispanic doctors in Florida, nationally October 6, 2021

Spectrum News 13 | UCF researchers, alumna team up to create long-lasting disinfectant to kill viruses September 30, 2021

Business Wire | Sarah Cannon Opens Oncology Drug Unit at UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center September 29, 2021

WFMZ Health Beat | Prescription, addiction and education Health Beat September 10, 2021

WJAR 10 | The FBI of infectious diseases September 1, 2021

Spectrum News 13 | UCF researchers find African American women still twice as likely to die from breast cancer August 25, 2021

WFTV 9 | ‘We failed to protect them’: Life expectancy falls further for Hispanic, Black Americans amid COVID July 28, 2021

WMC Action News | Breakthrough bacteria research improves cystic fibrosis July 22, 2021

Green Bay: Fighting Malaria – Moldy Cereal to the Rescue? July 13, 2021

U.S. World News Report | Gap in Breast Cancer Survival for Black, White Patients Shrinks, But Not by Enough July 6, 2021

WESH 2 | A Look At How Grant Money Given to UCF Will Help Research Efforts for COVID-19 June 23, 2021

FOX 35 | Central Florida Hospital Now Offering Incision-less Brain Surgery June 14, 2021

Tackling TB: How Florida Scientists Are Working Toward a New Treatment May 17, 2021

New York Times | Millions Are Skipping Their Second Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines April 26, 2021

WKMG 6 | More research needed to understand COVID-19 long haulers, lasting mental health impacts April 16, 2021

Ride Apart: Florida COVID-19 Cases Spike Following 2021 Daytona Bike Week April 6, 2021

FOX 35 | Endometriosis Awareness Month March 22, 2021

WESH 2 | Florida doctors weigh in on what you should do after fully vaccinated March 22, 2021

Daytona Beach News Journal | Even with COVID restrictions, Bike Week still crowded scene March 15, 2021

FOX 35 | UCF sleep specialist offers tips for treating pandemic-induced sleep deprivation March 15, 2021

WFTV 9 | UCF’s Cancer Center in Lake Nona begins taking shape as Florida Cancer Specialists finds new home February 25, 2021

FOX 35 | Two doctors on the COVID-19 frontlines encourage diversity February 17, 2021