Does The Cure For Tuberculosis Lie Under The Sea?
06/12/2017Natural compounds extracted from sea sponges and other marine life may hold the secret weapon to fighting tuberculosis – a disease that is one of...
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Med Student Sheds Light On Controversial Practice
06/12/2017In her first year of medical school, Reem Abdalla volunteered at a student-run Global Health Conference focusing on women’s health. For the event, she was...
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UCF First Residents Honored As Pioneers
06/09/2017As doctors, they came to UCF from across the world – including Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Iraq, the United Kingdom and the U.S. And on...
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The Lessons Of Residency – Trust, Patience, Courage
06/07/2017Dr. “Mo” said goodbye to his patients at the Orlando VA clinic and reflected on what they had taught him. Patience. Trust. The power of...
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First Residents Graduate From UCF Partnership Internal Medicine Program
06/06/2017UCF’s first partnership internal medicine residency program will graduate its first physicians June 8, honoring the pioneers who are helping inspire new graduate medical education...
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Burnett Researchers Using Gene-Editing To Screen For Parkinson’s Disease
05/30/2017A team of researchers at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences is using breakthrough gene editing technology to develop a new screening tool for Parkinson’s...
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UCF Clinic for Local Farmworkers Wins National Award For Interprofessional Education
05/23/2017A UCF collaboration that provides free healthcare to uninsured farmworkers in Apopka has received an inaugural national award from the U.S. Public Health Service and...
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Med School Graduates 113 Physician Knights
05/19/2017Twenty-six of Prisca Takundwa’s family members traveled worldwide to see her become a physician Friday, an accomplishment a med school adviser called “a credit to...
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From Broadway To Medicine
05/19/2017As a youngster, Joey Caravaglio performed on Broadway, playing Chip the teacup in Disney’s musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” Today, he’s a doctor. Caravaglio was...
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Celebration Honors Class Of 2017
05/18/2017The M.D. program recognized top Class of 2017 graduates May 17 in its traditional Class Day Celebration. “Tonight we’re gathered one last time before commencement...
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A Passion Reignited: College Of Medicine Director Fulfills Childhood Dream
05/15/2017Sometimes we get second chances at fulfilling our dreams. For Zoe Brown-Weissmann, director of student academic support services at the College of Medicine, having two...
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Gold Humanism Society Honors Altruism
05/15/2017Aspiring physicians typically come to medical school with a selfless concern for helping others. But studies show such caring can disappear amidst the rigors of...
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