UCF Honored Nationally for Interprofessional Health Education Excellence
Providing comprehensive healthcare services to uninsured farmworkers and families in the community, offering inclusive playdates to children with complex communication and motor needs and delivering…
Celebrate SimWeek: 2 Clinical Skills Staff Members Receive International Certification
As the College of Medicine celebrates SimWeek 2024, two staff members have earned international certification by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Mary Ann…
Medical School Scientist Creates Therapy To Kill Hypervirulent Bacteria
College of Medicine researcher Dr. Renee Fleeman is on a mission to kill drug-resistant bacteria, and her latest study has identified a therapy that can…
Charter Class Returns To Celebrate 10th Anniversary
Ten 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…
Med School Alum, Ophthalmologist Returns to Join UCF Health
Dr. Monika Farhangi beams as she walks the halls of the College of Medicine again, this time as a UCF Health physician. The Class of…
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…
NIH Supports UCF Scientist To Develop New Antibiotic for TB
A College of Medicine researcher is developing a new antibiotic related to penicillin to treat tuberculosis (TB) and related lung infections. Dr. Kyle Rohde, an…
UCF, MIT Designing Technology To Fight Bacterial Infections, Improve Aquaculture Farming
UCF and MIT researchers are using farm-raised seafood as a model to create new technologies that fight pathogenic bacteria. College of Medicine microbiologist Dr. Salvador…
UCF Scientist Uncovers Roots Of Antibiotic Resistance
Bacteria naturally adapt to various environmental stimuli and as they mutate, these changes can make them resistant to drugs that would kill or slow their growth. In a recent article published…
Why Does COVID Make Some Sicker Than Others? UCF Researcher Discovers Cellular Clues
As the Covid-19 virus continues to pose a health threat, scientists are learning how and why the virus affects individuals differently. UCF researcher Dr. Hung Nguyen…
UCF Lake Nona Hospital Is LEED Gold Certified — A First In Florida
UCF Lake Nona Hospital announced Friday it received LEED Gold certification — the first and only hospital in Florida and only the 28th in the…