Dr. Deichen Named Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Dr. Michael Deichen has been named the College of Medicine’s new Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. “Dr. Deichen has shown excellent leadership in the interim…
Medical Students Connect Through Fitness in Lake Nona
UCF medical student Sarah Herold wasn’t a runner when she attended her first run club at a Lake Nona Pizza Parlor. Now, alongside other physicians-in-training,…
UCF Leads Inaugural Global Health Summit in Malta, Expands Collaborative Research and Student Exchange Opportunities
Public health experts from the Americas, Europe and Africa gathered in Malta this summer at a UCF-led Global Health Summit to strategize how to make…
UCF Researchers Fight Breast, Prostate Cancer with Targeted Therapies Backed by 2 New Grants
A UCF team of researchers is refining their gameplan to tackle cancer. Dr. Annette Khaled, who leads the College of Medicine’s cancer research division, recently…
Healing the Helpers: College of Medicine Leader Helping Local Law Enforcement
Law enforcement officers face a higher risk of suicide than of being killed in the line of duty. To help address that issue, the Orange…
How to Fight High Cholesterol, Improve Heart Health
September is Cholesterol Awareness Month so we turned to Dr. Ariel Mejia, medical director at UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice, for ways you can help…
UCF Creates Free Resiliency Resources for Healthcare Workers, Students Worldwide
Burnout among healthcare providers is at an all-time high. In 2022, 46% of health workers reported feeling burned out often or very often, up from…
Knightro Has a Head Coach and he’s a Med School Colleague
As Knightro struts his stuff on the field Thursday night to kick off football season, you likely had no idea that the beloved mascot has…
UCF Med Student Earns Prestigious International NIH Fellowship to Address Antibiotic Resistance
Third-year College of Medicine student Larissa Dixon is the first UCF student to earn a Fogarty International Center Fellowship. Her research will better inform the…
10 UCF Health Faculty Physicians are Top Docs
Orlando Family Magazine has recognized 10 UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice doctors as among the community’s finest. The honorees include physicians in multiple specialties and…
Burnett School Undergrads are Astronaut Scholars
Two College of Medicine undergraduates have been named to the 2025 Astronaut Scholar Class, a national honor recognizing the best and brightest college students in…
UCF ‘Double Knight’ Harnesses Unique Interdisciplinary Research Path in Quest for M.D.
As a graduate researcher at UCF, Viviana Rivera helped create bionic arms for children needing prostheses, and she still remembers how patients lit up when…