UCF Working to Improve Healthcare Delivery in Rural America
02/05/2020 About 60 million people, or more than one in five Americans, live in rural areas, according to the U.S. Census. In Florida, half the...
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News & Information Archive
UCF/HCA Announce New PM&R Residency
01/30/2020A new Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residency program, based at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, FL, has received initial accreditation and is seeking immediate...
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Biomed Student Presents Autism Research At State Capitol
01/28/2020A College of Medicine biomedical sciences major investigating the link between processed food and autism will present her findings at the State Capitol Feb. 10....
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MedPACt Conference Focuses On Arts And Healing
01/23/2020Art, whether it’s a painting, music, performance or simply enjoying another’s creativity, has a place in medicine and healing. That was the message of the...
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Opioid Education Gets DCF Funding Boost
01/13/2020UCF College of Medicine’s opioid education curriculum is being enhanced thanks to a funding boost from the Florida Department of Children and Families. The college...
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Medical Students Honored at First Diebel Awards
12/19/2019Medical student Annalisa Sega says her most important rewards are the hugs and “besitos” (kisses) she receives from grateful patients in rural Peruvian villages and...
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UCF Researchers Working To Cut Alzheimer’s Plaque
12/02/2019UCF College of Medicine researchers have found an enzyme that cuts away the building blocks that form the brain plaques linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists...
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How Safe Are BPA-Free Plastics?
12/02/2019Most of us tend to look for the BPA-free labels when buying plastic food storage containers. But are these BPA-free plastics really safe? Megan Rizer,...
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Saving Smiles Through Research
12/02/2019As a young girl, Emyli Peralta was always enamored by the dentist’s office and knew early on that she wanted to help preserve smiles. Today, she...
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Dean’s Society Event Highlights Cancer-Assassins
11/15/2019“Promising,” “viable” and “critically-needed” were words College of Medicine supporters used to describe the innovative cancer research they learned about during a Dean’s Society event...
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Dr. Parks Named Associate Dean For Research
11/12/2019 Dr. Griffith Parks is the College of Medicine’s new associate dean for research. In announcing his promotion, Dr. Deborah German, vice president for health...
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“If You Think Research Is Expensive, Try Disease” — Lessons in Healthcare
11/06/2019Physicians cannot heal their patients until they understand their “life circumstances” including poverty, isolation and living in unsafe communities, a nationally recognized healthcare advocate said...
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