Medical Students Connect Through Fitness in Lake Nona
09/24/2025UCF medical student Sarah Herold wasn’t a runner when she attended her first run club at a Lake Nona Pizza Parlor. Now, alongside other physicians-in-training,...
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UCF Leads Inaugural Global Health Summit in Malta, Expands Collaborative Research and Student Exchange Opportunities
09/23/2025Public health experts from the Americas, Europe and Africa gathered in Malta this summer at a UCF-led Global Health Summit to strategize how to make...
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UCF Researchers Fight Breast, Prostate Cancer with Targeted Therapies Backed by 2 New Grants
09/15/2025A UCF team of researchers is refining their gameplan to tackle cancer. Dr. Annette Khaled, who leads the College of Medicine’s cancer research division, recently...
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Healing the Helpers: College of Medicine Leader Helping Local Law Enforcement
09/08/2025Law enforcement officers face a higher risk of suicide than of being killed in the line of duty. To help address that issue, the Orange...
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How to Fight High Cholesterol, Improve Heart Health
09/03/2025September is Cholesterol Awareness Month so we turned to Dr. Ariel Mejia, medical director at UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice, for ways you can help...
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UCF Creates Free Resiliency Resources for Healthcare Workers, Students Worldwide
09/02/2025Burnout among healthcare providers is at an all-time high. In 2022, 46% of health workers reported feeling burned out often or very often, up from...
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Knightro Has a Head Coach and he’s a Med School Colleague
08/27/2025As Knightro struts his stuff on the field Thursday night to kick off football season, you likely had no idea that the beloved mascot has...
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UCF Med Student Earns Prestigious International NIH Fellowship to Address Antibiotic Resistance
08/20/2025Third-year College of Medicine student Larissa Dixon is the first UCF student to earn a Fogarty International Center Fellowship. Her research will better inform the...
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10 UCF Health Faculty Physicians are Top Docs
08/18/2025Orlando Family Magazine has recognized 10 UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice doctors as among the community’s finest. The honorees include physicians in multiple specialties 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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UCF ‘Double Knight’ Harnesses Unique Interdisciplinary Research Path in Quest for M.D.
08/05/2025As a graduate researcher at UCF, Viviana Rivera helped create bionic arms for children needing prostheses, and she still remembers how patients lit up when...
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Welcome M.D. Class of 2029
08/04/2025Jack Koczara was inspired by the orthopedic surgeon who healed his sports-torn knees and shoulder. Sierra Simon always loved science but became a lifeguard and...
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