120 Students Join UCF to Become Physician Knights
08/03/2026Pepi Dostal was inspired to enter medicine by his grandmother, a physician who cared for her village in the Czech Republic. Often paid with eggs...
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News & Information Archive
From the Clinic to the Cockpit: UCF Opens New FAA-Designated Clinic for Pilots
07/30/2026Minutes from one of the world’s most visited airports, The University of Central Florida has opened a new clinic to help pilots meet Federal Aviation...
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UCF Students, VA Doctor Develop AI Tool to Help Doctors Identify Chronic Pelvic Pain
07/28/2026For millions of women living with chronic pelvic pain (CPP), finding answers can take far too long. Studies have shown the condition affects nearly one...
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Medical Students Scatter Donor Ashes, Paying Respects to Their First Patients
07/14/2026UCF Medical students recently traveled to the Atlantic Ocean to spread the ashes of their first patients – donors who willed their body to science to train the next...
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New UCF Study Links Microgravity, Space Radiation to Accelerated Aging
07/07/2026What happens to the human body in space may help scientists create new anti-aging therapies. UCF’s Michal Masternak and his team have identified molecular changes...
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Meet Our Preceptors: Dr. Kayla McGrath, Nemours Children’s Health
06/23/2026Dr. Kayla McGrath is a board‑certified pediatric anesthesiologist and assistant professor of anesthesiology at Nemours Children’s Health and UCF’s College of Medicine. She completed her...
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UCF Researcher Studying Probiotics to Fight Acid Reflux, Esophageal Cancer
06/03/2026Patients with acid reflux, which occurs when stomach acid pushes up into the esophagus, know the symptoms all too well: heartburn, belching, chest pain and...
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UCF Scientist Leads Research to Break Through Harmful Bacterial “Fortresses”
06/01/2026College of Medicine Assistant Professor Renee Fleeman continues to refine a powerful therapy for drug-resistant bacteria that pierces the gooey coating that anchors and protects such germs...
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Improving Quality of Care, Patient Safety
05/29/2026Mary Claire Stark cares for newborns in intensive care. Maria Tadros helps military veterans suffering from heart failure. Both are focused on improving healthcare and...
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UCF Researcher Develops “Smart, Tiny Bubbles” to Treat Cancer and Heart Disease
05/20/2026A cell 500 times thinner than a human hair could heal hearts and kill cancer cells, thanks to a patent-pending technology created by a UCF...
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UCF Graduates 109 New Physician Knights
05/18/2026Holly Moots spent 13 years at UCF, fulfilling her dream to become a physician-scientist who can advance medical care for Floridians. Jemual Shaylor is a...
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“FIRE’D” Up About Med School Research
05/13/2026College of Medicine students presented their original research May 11 — on topics ranging from cancer to whether patients trust when their doctors use artificial...
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