Cure Bowl Kicks Off With Messages Of Hope
08/30/2022“Never give up” was the message shared from a breast cancer survivor, cancer researcher and star UCF quarterback during a Cure Bowl kick-off event Friday....
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New Associate General Counsel Earns National Recognition
08/16/2022A child of Cambodian refugees and a former ward of the state, Onchantho Am has dedicated much of her life to making an impact through...
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Embrace Health – Celebrate Lifestyle Medicine Week
08/15/2022The Lake Nona community is celebrating Lifestyle Medicine Week August 22-27 because what you do, day in and day out, matters for your health. Many...
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Burnett Students Receive Highly Competitive Astronaut Scholarships
08/12/2022Two Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences students are among three UCF students to have been awarded the highly competitive Astronaut Scholarships this year — raising...
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College of Medicine Alum, Faculty Among 2022 Shining Knights Award Winners
08/12/2022A College of Medicine alum and late founding faculty member have been named among UCF Alumni Shining Knights Award recipients for 2022. The 11 winners...
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Two UCF Med Students Receive Prestigious National Scholarship
08/09/2022For the first time in history, two UCF medical students have received the prestigious American Medical Association’s Physicians of Tomorrow award – a national scholarship...
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100 Young Scientists Graduate From Burnett School this Saturday
08/04/2022On Saturday, Aug. 6, some 100 young scientists will graduate from the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences during UCF’s Summer 2022 commencement. Those earning degrees...
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Family, Love of Horses Bonds Sister-Physicians Training in Ocala
08/02/2022As youngsters, Valerie and Irma Vazquez were raised on a horse farm in Puerto Rico, were champion equestrians and shared a mutual interest in medicine....
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Meet Omar Martinez, New Population Health Sciences Faculty Member
08/02/2022A researcher who has dedicated his career to addressing societal issues that cause higher rates of disease – including cancer, HIV and substance abuse –...
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What Keeps Someone Well? Med School, Lake Nona Seek Answers
08/01/2022UCF’s medical school is helping to lead a long-term health study of the Lake Nona community that’s designed to determine “what keeps someone well.” The...
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Health Leaders Academy Helps Teens Chart Path to Medicine
07/28/2022At a young age, Izidoria Araujo watched as her father writhed in pain for 23 hours, waiting to receive medical care for kidney stones at...
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Building on Dreams – Becoming “The Good Doctor”
07/25/2022120 new medical students – including a record number from UCF – received their white coats Monday in recognition of being colleagues in healthcare and...
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