FAA Executive Physician/Scientist Joins UCF Aerospace Medicine Team After 34 years with the FAA, Melchor Antu帽ano joins UCF to create a new aerospace medicine master鈥檚 degree and residency program, as well enhance safety for astronauts, pilots and flight passengers.
UCF Scientist to Explore Precise Treatment Targeting Weak Spots in Lyme Disease Bacteria Through her third consecutive NIH grant renewal, Mollie Jewett aims to 鈥渟tarve鈥� Borrelia burgdorferi, preventing the tick-borne bacteria from spreading in humans and causing Lyme disease.
120 Students Join UCF to Become Physician Knights Chosen from 5,422 applicants, the 120 new M.D. candidates received their undergraduate degrees from Yale, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Duke, Case Western and Emory in addition to UCF.
UCF Students, VA Doctor Develop AI Tool to Help Doctors Identify Chronic Pelvic Pain Through a yearlong internship, two UCF undergraduates created an AI-assisted application that helps guide healthcare providers and patients towards accurate diagnosis of the source of chronic pelvic pain.
UCF Engineering Students 3D Print Orthopedic Devices to Assist Venezuelan Earthquake Survivors In response to the recent devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, students in the Biomedical Engineering Society are using 3D printing technology to create life-changing orthopedic devices for injured people and animals.
4 UCF Experts Named 2026 American Academy of Nursing Fellows UCF has the most inductees among universities in Florida in the new class of fellows of the American Academy of Nursing, which honors the profession鈥檚 most accomplished leaders.
UCF-Led VERA Project Reaches 2 Major Milestones for VR Research The Virtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA), a聽U.S.聽National Science Foundation-funded platform聽designed to advance the pace and scope of immersive research, has launched its first large-scale remote study and awarded its first聽use聽grant聽to address key聽challenges聽in聽VR and immersive learning.
UCF Researcher Studying Probiotics to Fight Acid Reflux, Esophageal Cancer Associate Professor Claudia Andl is examining how a simple probiotic can treat the damage from acid reflux disease, a condition that affects one-fourth of Americans and increases their risk for esophageal cancer.
UCF Researcher Develops 鈥淪mart, Tiny Bubbles鈥� to Treat Cancer and Heart Disease Dinender Singla developed innovative technology and has formed a company to get the treatment ready for clinical trials.
The Next Elite Sports Physical Therapists The healthcare providers selected for the UCF and Orlando Health Sports Physical Therapy program bring a unique blend of skills and passion for delivering care.
