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….
Nine Faculty Awarded Promotion, Tenure
Congratulations to nine College of Medicine faculty who achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2023-24 cycle. They are among 104…
UCF Med Students Win Top Prize for Glaucoma Innovation
UCF medical students took first place at this year’s Florida Blue Healthcare Innovation Challenge, which gathers interdisciplinary college students from across the state to pitch…
Population Health Faculty Member Honored as Fellow
How and where humans live has a direct impact on their health, and a new College of Medicine Population Health Sciences faculty member recently received…
UCF Scientist Using AI To Speed Up Tuberculosis Drug Discovery
As scientists harness artificial intelligence to accelerate drug discovery, College of Medicine tuberculosis researcher Dr. Kyle Rohde has partnered with biotech company Atomwise to see…
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 Physicians Find Alternative Treatment Option for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
Two UCF-trained physicians – who are dedicating their careers to addiction medicine and digestive health – are receiving national attention for their discovery that an…
UCF Expert Researching Link Between Lifestyle, Brain Health for Seniors
A UCF public health and aging expert will travel to Finland this summer to research how digitally enhanced lifestyle changes can improve the brain health…
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 to Expand Space Medicine Research, Curriculum Aimed at Keeping Space Travelers Healthy
UCF’s College of Medicine has hired an internationally recognized space medicine expert to expand research into how spaceflight affects humans and create a space medicine…
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…
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…