Population Health Sciences Adds 2 New Faculty
10/05/2020As the COVID-19 pandemic highlights health disparities and the need to better acknowledge the social determinants of health, the College of Medicine has added two...
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Med Student Wins Scholarship for LGBTQ+ Students in STEM
09/30/2020Matthew Abrams has dedicated his UCF medical school career to the LGBTQ+ community and his efforts were recently honored with two awards: a national scholarship...
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Dr. Castiglioni Wins Women of Distinction Award
09/28/2020College of Medicine faculty physician Dr. Analia Castiglioni is one of three women faculty honored by UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright on Wednesday with the...
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Message From UCF’s Clinical Leaders – Get Your Flu Shot Now
09/21/2020UCF’s clinical leaders gathered Monday to give the community a simple message: Get your flu shot. And then they rolled up their sleeves and were...
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Hispanic Physicians Tell Students, “Embrace Your Origins”
09/18/2020As the Hispanic population in the U.S. continues to grow — surpassing 60 million in 2019 — a recent workforce survey showed less than 6%...
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Importance of Getting a Flu Shot during COVID-19
09/11/2020With flu season on the horizon and COVID-19 still present in our society, it is critical to get your flu shot this year to help...
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UCF Researchers are Helping Develop Rapid, Longer Lasting COVID Disinfectant
09/09/2020Current disinfectant products for killing viruses like coronavirus take minutes to fully sanitize surfaces, which isn’t practical on high-contact areas such as door handles, elevators...
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Burnett School Gift Supports Ph.D. Scholarships and Graduate Programs
09/03/2020The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences has received $125,000 from the Hollie and Anna Oakley Foundation to provide scholarships for its doctoral students and enhance...
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Answering The Call To Serve In A Pandemic
08/31/2020Patients lay intubated in hospital hallways, their respirator tubes and monitors running through holes punched into walls. Continuous lines of ambulances dropped off the sick...
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Burnett Welcomes Graduate Students With Virtual Orientation
08/18/2020Forty young scientists will join the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences as a new class of graduate students begins study next week. The group includes...
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Med Student Earns Scholarship for Community Service Efforts
08/12/2020As a young girl, Lisvet Luceno saw firsthand the importance of community service as her family depended on free clinics for their healthcare. Now a...
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Physician Staying In Osceola To Care For “The New Family I Love”
08/07/2020As a young physician, Mustafa Kinaan helped build UCF’s new residency and fellowship programs. After five years of training, he’s staying in Greater Orlando to...
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