UCF Scientist Sends Blood Clotting Research to Space
05/12/2026When NASA launches its latest voyage to the International Space Station on May 12, it will carry a blood clotting experiment from the UCF College...
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UCF, Industry Experts Share Insight on Evolution of Space Medicine
04/24/2026Hours before Artemis II splashed down safely into the Pacific Ocean on April 10, UCF researchers, university partners, an astronaut, and the former head of NASA gathered...
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Artemis II Brings Unique Space Medicine Opportunities
03/31/2026NASA’s upcoming Artemis II launch will witness astronauts orbiting the moon for the first time in more than half a century, providing new opportunities for...
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Progressing the Final Frontier of Medicine: Space
03/18/2026UCF’s leading space medicine experts, valued strategic partners and an astronaut who holds NASA’s record for spacewalks will gather April 10 in Lake Nona’s Medical...
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UCF College of Medicine Founding Dean Deborah German to Conclude Tenure Following 2 Decades of Transformational Leadership
03/04/2026After 20 years of leading UCF’s College of Medicine and advancing the university’s clinical efforts, Dr. Deborah German will conclude her tenure as founding dean of the...
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UCF Space Medicine Initiatives Are Taking Off
10/27/2025The University of Central Florida College of Medicine is charting a new frontier in healthcare as humans prepare for longer missions to moon, Mars and...
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Burnett School Undergrads are Astronaut Scholars
08/15/2025Two College of Medicine undergraduates have been named to the 2025 Astronaut Scholar Class, a national honor recognizing the best and brightest college students in...
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Burnett Student Explores Bridges Between Health in Space and on Earth
06/26/2025Luis Jimenez-Chavez, a master’s student in biomedical sciences at the UCF College of Medicine, is focused on exploring everything he’s heard about since childhood –...
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How UCF Researchers Are Playing Key Role in Discovering Health Impacts of Space Travel
04/01/2025It’s 2 a.m. and UCF College of Medicine scientists, armed with technology and test tubes, are processing blood, saliva and urine samples from soon-to-be space...
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UCF Expert: Fram2 Mission Brings Historic Opportunities for Space Medicine Discoveries
03/28/2025When astronauts aboard Fram2 enter a polar orbit on March 31, they will become the first crewed flight to orbit Earth over its polar regions....
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