Awards Celebration Honors Excellence
11/05/2018 “Excellence” was the word of the night as the College of Medicine honored core and volunteer faculty, staff members and students at the annual...
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News & Information Archive
UCF Researcher: Targeting Mutant Gene May Prevent Huntington’s Symptoms
10/30/2018At 27, Danny Miller expected himself to be his company’s “young gun” diesel mechanic. But then he began noticing involuntary muscle movements in his face,...
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Partners Break Ground for New UCF-HCA Hospital
10/25/2018 “You all ready to build a hospital?” With those words — from Michael Joyce, president of HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division – university and...
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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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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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