First-Generation Graduate Fulfilling Her Father’s Dream
12/13/2017 Jeanine Garcia was too young to remember the day her father Lazaro set sail from Cuba on a raft made of beer kegs and...
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“SP Dave” Wins Growing Bolder Award For Improving Community Health
12/11/2017A standardized patient who has helped educate medical students since UCF’s medical school opened in 2009 was honored December 6 for helping build a healthier...
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New Genetic Counseling Program Moving Forward
12/04/2017The College of Medicine has hired a program director for its new M.S. in Genetic Counseling program and hopes to begin teaching its first students...
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KNIGHTS Clinic Bridging The Health Care Gap In Central Florida
12/04/2017Like many Central Floridians, 60-year-old Shelly Garza does not have health insurance. But for the past three years, she has been able to get medical...
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Burnett Student Wins State Community Service Award, Featured In Forbes
12/04/2017What started off as a small project among a trio of friends providing blood pressure screening opportunities for the homeless has earned a pre-med student...
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New Test For Zika On Course For Commercialization
12/03/2017A new diagnostic test that can detect a Zika viral infection within 30 minutes could be headed to hospitals in the next year thanks to...
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Student Initiative Providing Support To Puerto Rico
12/03/2017When Lorenzo Bosque learned that Hurricane Irma had devastated his homeland of Puerto Rico, he felt he had to do something to help. “Medical supplies...
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Dr. Pasarica Named Associate Editor Of Nature’s Obesity Journal
11/20/2017Her dedication to healthy eating has earned her the moniker of “obesity warrior” and now a role editing one of the world’s top nutrition journals....
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Holiday Showcase Highlights Season’s Spirit
11/20/2017One performer dedicated his song to a late friend who inspired him to become a physician. Another received a standing ovation for her rendition of...
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Bone Marrow Drive At Health Expo Inspires Students To Help Others
11/20/2017Every year about 17,500 Americans are diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses like leukemia and sickle-cell anemia, where their best treatment option is a bone marrow transplant....
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The Science Behind Medical Marijuana
11/20/2017While states continue to pass laws legalizing medical marijuana, the science behind the drug’s effectiveness in treating disease remains elusive, a College of Medicine researcher...
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Puerto Rico Se Levanta: Med Students Unite To Help Those In Need
11/08/2017Third-year UCF medical students showed their humanitarian spirit to Puerto Rico recently by collecting 152 pounds of food and supplies for island residents and donating...
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