Asian American Healthcare Professionals Tackle Asian Hate
05/04/2021When Diane Tran began medical school last year, she quickly noticed that Central Florida lacked the Asian population of her Southern California hometown. And as...
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Five Students Receive Order of Pegasus
04/14/2021Four biomedical sciences seniors and one M.D. student are among this year’s 23 recipients of the Order of Pegasus — UCF’s most prestigious student award....
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AOA Honor Society Inducts 20 Med Students
04/09/2021Twenty medical students were recently inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the national honor society of medical students, which recognizes scholarship, leadership, professionalism and community...
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BSBS Student Wins Coveted Goldwater Scholarship
04/06/2021An aspiring gene therapy innovator, biomedical sciences student Devin Burris is one of four UCF STEM students to receive 2020-21 Goldwater Scholarship Awards. The four were...
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Med Student Podcast Helps Build Soft Skills
03/25/2021Second-year UCF M.D. student Aaishwariya Gulani and her former college roommate, Swathi Raman who attends medical school at Temple University both admired physicians who were...
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Match Day 2021 – Opening Doors To The Future
03/19/2021Zach and Anna Thompson had to sit out a year of medical school after Zach was hit by a car and gravely injured while changing...
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Remembrance Event Brings Call for Equity, Acceptance
02/27/2021“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” Maya Angelou Medical students on Feb. 25 unveiled artwork in remembrance of those lost to racial...
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How Racial Injustices Continue to Impact Women’s Healthcare
02/18/2021Black and indigenous women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy and birthing complications than whites, according to the Centers for...
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COM Grads Featured on FOX 35 Black History Month Series
02/18/2021UCF College of Medicine graduates Drs. Gabe Williams and Monet Winslow were featured by FOX 35 Orlando as part of its Black History Month highlights....
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FOX 35 | Two doctors on the COVID-19 frontlines encourage diversity
02/17/2021Everybody Has A Story – Student, Staff Share Experiences At Human Library Event
02/04/2021Nader Tabsh credits Lady Gaga with helping him accept his homosexuality as a Muslim teenager growing up in the United Arab Emirates. Her song, Born...
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Virtual Global Health Conference On Pandemics Gets Record Number of Attendees
02/01/2021“Think globally. Act locally.” These are the words infectious disease expert Dr. Lilian Abbo said guided her pandemic response efforts at Miami’s Jackson Health System...
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