UCF Researchers Developing AI Model to Help Physicians Improve Kidney Care
When imaging reveals an abnormality in a kidney – such as cancer or a stone – patients and their physicians face a critical decision for…
Dr. Urquieta Among 7 Stellar Honorees Earning UCF’s 2026 SpaceU Awards
UCF celebrated seven dynamic contributors to Central Florida’s robust space ecosystem with its 2026 SpaceU Awards, including the College of Medicine’s Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta. The…
UCF Space Medicine Faculty Honored as International Leaders
Two UCF College of Medicine faculty have been elected Academicians of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) — a lifetime distinction recognizing worldwide leaders in…
Med Student Driven to Create Hope Through Cancer Research Earns Inaugural Award
UCF medical student Natalya Kramer lost her grandfather to lymphoma, inspiring her to pursue medicine with hopes of caring for cancer patients and their families….
FAA Executive Physician/Scientist Joins UCF Aerospace Medicine Team
He’s an experienced skydiver, private pilot and scuba diver whose hero since childhood has been moon-walker Neil Armstrong. And now Melchor Antuñano is a UCF…
120 Students Join UCF to Become Physician Knights
Pepi Dostal was inspired to enter medicine by his grandmother, a physician who cared for her village in the Czech Republic. Often paid with eggs…
New UCF Study Links Microgravity, Space Radiation to Accelerated Aging
What happens to the human body in space may help scientists create new anti-aging therapies. UCF’s Michal Masternak and his team have identified molecular changes…
Improving Quality of Care, Patient Safety
Mary Claire Stark cares for newborns in intensive care. Maria Tadros helps military veterans suffering from heart failure. Both are focused on improving healthcare and…
UCF Researcher Develops “Smart, Tiny Bubbles” to Treat Cancer and Heart Disease
A cell 500 times thinner than a human hair could heal hearts and kill cancer cells, thanks to a patent-pending technology created by a UCF…
UCF Graduates 109 New Physician Knights
Holly Moots spent 13 years at UCF, fulfilling her dream to become a physician-scientist who can advance medical care for Floridians. Jemual Shaylor is a…
“FIRE’D” Up About Med School Research
College of Medicine students presented their original research May 11 — on topics ranging from cancer to whether patients trust when their doctors use artificial…
UCF Scientist Sends Blood Clotting Research to Space
When NASA launches its latest voyage to the International Space Station on May 12, it will carry a blood clotting experiment from the UCF College…