UCF Research Advances Understanding of Sarcomas
A UCF College of Medicine researcher is working with researchers from Yale School of Medicine to expand the understanding of sarcomas – a rare and…
UCF Medical Researchers Earn Grants for Innovative Approaches to Breast Cancer
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins, two College of Medicine cancer researchers have received statewide grants to support their innovative projects to fight a disease…
Congressman Soto Presents UCF Funding for Pathogen Surveillance, Research
A $900,000 congressional appropriation will help the UCF College of Medicine create a pathogen surveillance and research core to identify and address future pandemics. U.S….
Two Earn College’s First M.D./Ph.D. Degrees
Friday’s UCF College of Medicine commencement brings the program’s first M.D./Ph.D. graduates – physician-scientists who conducted advanced research while learning to care for patients. Michael…
UCF Researchers Develop Novel Therapy For Incurable Brain Cancer
College of Medicine researchers are developing a more effective way to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive, incurable form of brain cancer. Patients currently live just 12…
UCF “Beefing Up” Natural Killer Cells To Stop Cancer
A UCF cancer researcher is discovering ways that the body’s own Natural Killer cells can be energized to fight deadly pediatric cancers and improve immunotherapy…
New UCF Drug Candidate May Prevent Metastasis
A UCF College of Medicine researcher is developing a new treatment that could slow or even stop cancer cells from spreading. Dr. Otto Phanstiel, a…
Resident Identifies Geographical Links to Colon Cancer, Earns International Research Honor
A 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 –…
Meet 5 UCF Scientists Taking An Innovative Approach to Breast Cancer Research
Deaths 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…
2023 Cure Bowl Scheduled for December 16 on ABC
UCF Scientist Looking at Role of Fats to Curb Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients
Every three minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma – cancers of the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes. Treatments…
14 Faculty Earn Promotion, Tenure
Fourteen College of Medicine faculty recently achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2022-23 cycle. They are among 143 UCF educators…