How Harmless Bacteria Go Rogue, Turn Into Deadly Flesh-Eating Variants
10/13/2021A new UCF-led study reveals how the environment and certain genetic traits play a critical role in the process that trigger bacteria to become human...
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News & Information Archive
Teresa Rodriguez Receives Hispanic Heritage Month Honors
10/12/2021College of Medicine staff member Teresa Rodriguez has received congressional recognition for her volunteer efforts supporting Central Florida’s Hispanic community. An administrative coordinator for the...
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Genius Foundation Awards $300,000 To UCF Interdisciplinary Health Research
10/07/2021The award, which is the first major gift to UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Center, will support eight interdisciplinary faculty research projects. Eight interdisciplinary faculty research projects...
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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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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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