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….

Post Doc Earns Young Investigator Award     

UCF’s Dr. Anna Nagel is discovering why the body forms benign tumors that cause young people to lose hearing and suffer balance issues. Her research…

UCF Students Earn Fellowships To Advance Huntington Disease Research

Three UCF undergraduates will spend their summer doing cutting-edge Huntington disease (HD) research after earning prestigious fellowships from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. The…

UCF Wound-Healing Technology Also Shows Promise for Parkinson’s Patients

Researchers at UCF’s College of Medicine who developed a new wound-healing technology report that their innovation may also be a promising treatment for Parkinson’s Disease….

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…

Meet Our Order of Pegasus Honorees

Congratulations to nine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences students recently honored with UCF’s Order of Pegasus, the university’s highest student honor. Burnett School graduate and…

UCF-BioTech Partnership Helping Improve Autism Treatment

A new diagnostic technology using saliva, developed by a College of Medicine researcher, is helping one company create better treatments and diagnostics for autism spectrum…

BSBS Student Wins Coveted Goldwater Scholarship

An aspiring gene therapy innovator, biomedical sciences student Devin Burris is one of four UCF STEM students to receive 2020-21 Goldwater Scholarship Awards. The four were…

Virtual BSBS Graduate Symposium Showcases Student Research

For future biomedical scientist Sai Preethi Nakkina, research is like unlocking a mystery. “I have always been fascinated with research because it’s like looking for…

Biomed Student Presents Autism Research At State Capitol

A College of Medicine biomedical sciences major investigating the link between processed food and autism will present her findings at the State Capitol Feb. 10….

Huntington’s Researcher Featured On WESH

UCF neurosciences researcher Dr. Amber Southwell was interviewed on WESH 2 News on Wednesday, speaking about Huntington’s Disease and the Team Hope Walk to raise…

Young Researchers Advance Medical Discovery

 Sayf Hassouneh’s passion for research and inquiry have motivated him for as long as he can remember.   Today, he is living his childhood dream as…