Congratulations Faculty and Staff Founders’ Day Honorees
We congratulate our faculty and staff colleagues who were honored during Founders’ Day 2026: Faculty Awards Staff Awards For more information on these awards, please…
Meet Our 2026 Founders’ Day Student Winners
Eleven College of Medicine students are among this year’s 37 inductees into the Order of Pegasus, UCF’s highest student honor. Two others were honored for…
Dr. Khaled is 2026 Pegasus Professor
Dr. Annette Khaled, who leads the UCF College of Medicine’s Cancer Research Division, has been recognized as a Pegasus Professor, the university’s highest honor. She…
Progressing the Final Frontier of Medicine: Space
UCF’s leading space medicine experts, valued strategic partners and an astronaut who holds NASA’s record for spacewalks will gather April 10 in Lake Nona’s Medical…
UCF College of Medicine Founding Dean Deborah German to Conclude Tenure Following 2 Decades of Transformational Leadership
After 20 years of leading UCF’s College of Medicine and advancing the university’s clinical efforts, Dr. Deborah German will conclude her tenure as founding dean of the…
UCF Researcher Developing New Therapy to Treat Diabetic Neuropathy
Neuropathy – chronic pain, numbness and tingling in the hands and feet – is a challenging fact of life for many patients with Type 1…
UCF Students Show Innovative Research in Allergies, Cancer
Why does one person suffer from allergies, while another is completely unfazed by pollen? How can medicine find ways to treat the deadliest and most…
Congratulations 2025 Award Honorees
College of Medicine faculty, staff and students were honored Wednesday for their contributions to education, research and community health at the 2025 Awards Ceremony. “These…
UCF Graduates Prove to Be STEM Talent Real World Needs
Michael Bassett wants to use his UCF engineering and medical training to create better surgical instruments. Melissa Deinys is a graduating Knight who is helping…
Meet UCF’s 2025 Astronaut Scholars
America’s first astronauts, known as “the Mercury Seven,” will forever be known as the men who began this country’s journey into space. Twenty-five years after…
UCF Med Student is STAT News “Wunderkind”
A first-year UCF medical student who hopes to discover how stem cells can treat psychiatric conditions has been named a 2025 STAT News Wunderkind, a…
UCF Researchers Developing Easy-to-Use Viral Biosensor Test, Giving Patients More Accurate and Immediate Results
For most diseases, early detection leads to better patient outcomes. That’s why infectious disease experts and chemists at UCF’s College of Medicine and College of…