College of Medicine – COMmunique, April 6, 2022
 
 

6 Exemplary COM Students Awarded 2022 Order of Pegasus

Six College of Medicine students are among the 26 university-wide selected as 2021-22 recipients of the Order of Pegasus, UCF’s most prestigious student award for...Read More...

Dr. Almagro-Moreno Is UCF Reach for the Stars Honoree

College of Medicine microbiologist Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno is one of five UCF Reach for the Stars honorees, an award that recognizes early career professionals with...Read More...

Med School Part of Historic Civilian Space Flight to International Space Station

When the first four civilians travel to the International Space Station April 8 they will be working with a team of University of Central Florida...Read More...

UCF Lake Nona Hospital Training Future Doctors, Nurses Sooner Than Expected  

Dozens of UCF medical and nursing students have trained at UCF Lake Nona Hospital in its first year of operation – with more rotations planned....Read More...

Help Support a Dream on UCF Day of Giving

On April 7 –  UCF Day of Giving, the UCF College of Medicine is inviting the community to support our future physicians and scientists by...Read More...

How a Special Bacteria and Vitamin D Impact Immunity

While growing up Joseph Vaccaro was told that the mind is a beautiful thing that should be used to improve the world. It’s that parental...Read More...

UCF/HCA Gain Historic Numbers of Residents

A record number of medical students – 200 – matched into UCF/HCA Healthcare residencies Friday as the graduate medical education (GME) partnership, one of the...Read More...

Match Day Highlights Students’ Service to Others 

As UCF medical students, they devoted themselves to the forgotten — farmworkers, the homeless, the uninsured. And at Friday’s National Match Day, as they learned...Read More...

Researcher Aims to Protect Our Bones Here on Earth and in Space

Our human bones are under constant attack. From the moment we are born, they are fending off against aging and degenerative diseases. Some begin to...Read More...

Psychiatry Residency Receives National Award for Psychotherapy

UCF’s inaugural psychiatric residency has won a national educational award that will provide additional psychotherapy training for its physicians-in-training. The UCF/HCA Healthcare Psychiatry Residency based...Read More...

4 Researchers Earn 2022 Seed Funding

Four College of Medicine faculty members are recipients of the third round of UCF Seed Funding, aimed at facilitating interdisciplinary research that is likely to...Read More...

UCF Physicians Partner in National Asthma Study to Improve Care for Black, Latinx Patients 

An inhaled steroid significantly reduced severe asthma symptoms for Black and Latinx patients and helped reduce the devastating impact of the lung disease on their...Read More...

 
 
 
 
 
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