UCF Medical Student Recognized By Florida Board Of Medicine
11/28/2023With a heart for service and a passion for healing others, fourth-year medical student Yasmine Ghattas has been recognized by the Florida Board of Medicine...
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News & Information Archive
Dean German Is AAHC Steering Committee Chair
11/20/2023Dr. Deborah German, UCF’s vice president for health affairs and dean of its College of Medicine, has been selected to chair the Alliance of Academic...
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Dr. Verduin New National Leader With AAMC
11/13/2023 Dr. Marcy Verduin, the UCF College of Medicine’s associate dean for students and professor of psychiatry, was recently elected as national Chair of the...
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Resident Identifies Geographical Links to Colon Cancer, Earns International Research Honor
11/06/2023A UCF-HCA Healthcare resident received international honors for his research showing that Southern U.S. states – which also have the nation’s highest obesity rates –...
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$1M NSF Grant Will Further Develop UCF Disinfectant That Stops COVID
11/02/2023The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase II award for $1 million to Kismet Technologies...
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Burnett Academic Advisor Honored With Prestigious UCF Award
11/01/2023With a passion for helping undergraduate students and solving problems, Dr. Cynthia Contreras, assistant director of academic advising at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences,...
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Charter Class Returns To Celebrate 10th Anniversary
10/24/2023Ten years after graduating, members of the College of Medicine’s charter class returned to Orlando as practicing physicians on Oct. 21, and revisited with friends...
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How Communications Can Shape Future Of AIDS Pandemic
10/19/2023Those walking through the UCF College of Medicine hallways last month may have noticed a new adornment – 5 banners showcasing the visual history of...
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Dean German Named Central Florida Woman Of The Year
10/16/2023The Women’s Executive Council of Orlando has named Dr. Deborah German, UCF’s vice president for health affairs and founding dean of its medical school, as...
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Meet 5 UCF Scientists Taking An Innovative Approach to Breast Cancer Research
10/11/2023Deaths from breast cancer are declining, thanks to research discoveries worldwide. And some of that innovative science is happening at UCF’s College of Medicine. The...
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Making A Difference In Hispanic Healthcare Disparities
10/10/2023Hispanics continue to face severe health disparities and UCF’s College of Medicine can play a role in easing those challenges, Dr. Caridad Hernandez, chair of...
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Med School Alum, Ophthalmologist Returns to Join UCF Health
10/03/2023Dr. Monika Farhangi beams as she walks the halls of the College of Medicine again, this time as a UCF Health physician. The Class of...
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