Charter Class Alumna Comes Full Circle, Returns to Medical City
09/27/2021When Dr. Elona Rrapo Kaso interviewed for a place at UCF’s brand-new medical school in 2008, classrooms were not yet built, the curriculum was still...
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News & Information Archive
Free Lab Coat Cleaning Service Available to UCF Researchers
09/25/2021Beginning this Wednesday, Oct. 6, faculty, students, and staff who work in a research lab at UCF can say goodbye to washing their own lab...
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Dr. Deepak Chopra Joins UCF College of Medicine To Teach Integrative Medicine
09/21/2021Integrative medicine advocate Dr. Deepak Chopra has joined the UCF College of Medicine as a volunteer faculty member to provide electives and other programs on...
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Emergency Medicine Physician Is New Director, Health Equity Education
09/17/2021Dr. Innocent Akujuobi is the College of Medicine’s new director of health equity education, charged with strengthening the medical school’s focus on health equity within...
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Helping Those Who Help Others Deal with Pandemic Stress
09/13/2021During times of uncertainty, loss and trauma, people often turn to their religious leaders for comfort. But more than 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, many...
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Dr. Kauffman New Assistant Dean, Medical Education
09/10/2021Dr. Christine Kauffman is the College of Medicine’s new assistant dean of medical education, leading the curriculum for first- and second-year M.D. students. Dr. Kauffman,...
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Long-lasting Disinfectant Promises To Help Fight Pandemics
09/01/2021UCF researchers have developed a nanoparticle-based disinfectant that can continuously kill viruses on a surface for up to seven days – a discovery that could...
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New Treatment to Help Wounds Heal Faster
08/31/2021College of Medicine researchers have discovered a new technology to accelerate wound-healing using specially designed ceramics wrapped in a rubber blanket fabricated for them by...
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Dr. Coathup’s Research To Benefit From NASA’s Artemis Program
08/16/2021UCF will be a player in developing innovative technologies needed to support NASA’s Artemis program, which will return people to the moon and create a robust...
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Graduate Fulfills Scientific Dream
08/06/2021When Heba Ghozlan graduated with her Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from UCF, she did do as a scientist who advanced breast cancer research and fulfilled...
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Med School Names Two Faculty Affairs Leaders
08/04/2021Two recent leadership promotions will support and develop M.D. and Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences faculty. Dr. Jane Gibson is the College of Medicine’s new...
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Dr. Hernandez Named Chair, Medical Education
08/02/2021Dr. Caridad Hernandez is the College of Medicine’s new chair of medical education. Dr. Hernandez joined the UCF College of Medicine in 2011 as director...
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