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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Apopka Farmworkers Clinic Returns To In-Person Visits, Full Capacity
04/11/2022Students from various health-related programs are once again teaming up to provide health screenings and resources to a population of underserved farmworkers in Apopka, Florida....
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4 Researchers Earn 2022 Seed Funding
03/11/2022Four College of Medicine faculty members are recipients of the third round of UCF Seed Funding, aimed at facilitating interdisciplinary research that is likely to...
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UCF Physicians Partner in National Asthma Study to Improve Care for Black, Latinx Patients
03/07/2022An inhaled steroid significantly reduced severe asthma symptoms for Black and Latinx patients and helped reduce the devastating impact of the lung disease on their...
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UCF Medical Student Says Doctors Must Be Healers and Community Leaders
02/22/2022Lake Lindo grew up minutes from the UCF College of Medicine campus where he now studies, inspired by his physician mother who provides psychiatric care...
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Awards Ceremony 2021 Honors Excellence
11/18/2021The College of Medicine recognized faculty, staff, students and community members for their achievements and contributions during the annual Awards Ceremony Nov. 16. The virtual...
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Knights Do That Podcast Features Dr. Elena Cyrus
11/16/2021Elena Cyrus, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UCF’s College of Medicine, shares her expertise in public health and COVID-19 vaccines. In episode 13 of Knights Do...
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Dr. Taliaferro Among UCF’s Women of Distinction
10/21/2021 Population health scientist Dr. Lindsay Taliaferro is one of three faculty members who received the 2021-22 UCF Women of Distinction Awards from Faculty Excellence....
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UCF Researcher Identifies Models For Healthy Aging
07/21/2021As the population ages, communities must adopt more creative ways to help older adults stay mentally and physical healthy and engaged, especially in light of...
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Study Finds Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Still Higher for Black Women
07/02/2021While breast cancer mortality rates have declined over the last few decades, Black women are still twice as likely to die from breast cancer compared...
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College of Medicine Epidemiologist Weighs In On Missed Vaccine Doses
05/13/2021The advent of COVID-19 vaccines has provided a light at the end of the tunnel for a global pandemic that is going into its second...
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Chinese Adults Face “Alarming” Barriers to Cancer Screening, UCF Study Finds
03/09/2021Language difficulties and cultural barriers keep an “alarming” number of Chinese Americans from asking for cancer screenings that may protect their health, according to a...
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