Reactions to UCF Lake Nona Medical Center Groundbreaking
10/25/2018UCF President Dale Whittaker “Since became president in July, I have thought a lot about what it means to be a leading higher education institution...
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News & Information Archive
HCA Donates $3 Million to UCF for Eminent Cancer Expert
10/25/2018 On the day she helped break ground for a joint-venture hospital between HCA and the University of Central Florida, Wendy Brandon, the hospital’s new...
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Learning Across Disciplines To Improve Care
10/23/2018Jill Beals, a UCF physical therapy doctoral student, smiled as Don, her 79-year-old volunteer, talked about his love for hiking and kayaking. “It sounds like...
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Class of 2022 Completes Medical School “Wall of Fame”
10/22/2018Four years ago, when Jeslin Kera toured the UCF College of Medicine as an aspiring student, she dreamed of seeing her face in one of...
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Charter Class Returns For Five-Year Reunion
10/12/2018Dr. Will Kang grew up surrounded by medicine. His grandfather and both parents were doctors and three of his siblings ended up becoming physicians as...
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When Donors Meet Their Scholarship Recipients
10/12/2018For Irina Tardif, the donor who helped make her dream of becoming a doctor a reality is now more than a name in a scholarship...
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Undergraduate Advising Director Recognized For Service To Students
10/02/2018Amanda Colee, director of student services and advising at the College of Medicine’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, has been honored by the National Society...
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Natural Killer Cells May Open Lifesaving Cancer Treatments to More Patients
10/01/2018 Immunotherapy is making headlines for saving the lives of hundreds of cancer patients including former President Jimmy Carter. But many of these therapies, only...
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Wendy Brandon Named New UCF Hospital CEO
09/28/2018HCA Healthcare and the UCF College of Medicine have named Wendy H. Brandon, FACHE, as CEO of UCF Lake Nona Medical Center. Slated to open...
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Sesame Oil Extracts Shown To Reduce Heart Disease Risk
09/24/2018 A product in your pantry may hold the secret to protecting the heart from disease. UCF researchers have found that sesame oil can prevent...
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Researchers Get Funding Boost For Deadly Pancreatic Cancer
09/19/2018Pancreatic cancer has the worst survival rate of any major cancer and a team of UCF College of Medicine researchers is developing a novel therapeutic...
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Walk For Healthy Hearts
09/17/2018 Enjoy a heart-healthy morning walk and support heart disease patients, their families and research – including some being done at the UCF College of...
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