  {"id":154959,"date":"2026-08-27T11:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//?p=154959"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:20:42","slug":"med-student-driven-to-create-hope-through-cancer-research-earns-inaugural-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//med-student-driven-to-create-hope-through-cancer-research-earns-inaugural-award/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//","title":{"rendered":"Med Student Driven to Create Hope Through Cancer Research Earns Inaugural Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF medical student Natalya Kramer lost her grandfather to lymphoma, inspiring her to pursue medicine with hopes of caring for cancer patients and their families.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<p>That dedication and her passion for research recently earned Kramer the inaugural Dean Deborah C. German, M.D. FIRE (Focused Individualized Research Experience) Impact Award, an honor named after the founding dean 色花堂/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u2019s <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//college/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/">College of Medicine</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//a> who created the FIRE course, which requires every student to conduct a two-year research project.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<p>German <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//ucf-college-of-medicine-founding-dean-deborah-german-to-conclude-tenure-following-2-decades-of-transformational-leadership/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/">announced earlier this year</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//a> that she is transitioning from her role and will remain at UCF for a year as an advisor to the president and provost on health affairs. FIRE leaders created the award to honor German/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u2019s legacy of scientific discovery as part of medical training, an educational component that makes UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u2019s medical school unique nationally.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<blockquote><p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201cI want our students to develop a spirit of inquiry. I want every UCF physician not to be afraid to seek answers to medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u2019s unanswered questions./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u2014 Deborah German, College of Medicine dean</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201cI want our students to develop a spirit of inquiry,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201d German told Kramer as she presented her with the award. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201cI want every UCF physician not to be afraid to seek answers to medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u2019s unanswered questions./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<p>After earning an undergraduate degree the University of South Florida, Kramer decided to attend UCF in part because the FIRE course was one reason she came to UCF.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201cI wanted to combine research with clinical care,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/u201d she says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<p>Her FIRE project focused on glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer with a five-year survival rate of only 5% to 7%, according to the Mayo Clinic. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/">Medical student Natalya Kramer (center, left) with UCF College of Medicine founding Dean Deborah German (center, right) and co-directors of the <em>FIRE </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//em>course Lane Coffee (left) and Robert Hines (right).</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959/n<p>The new award goes to the student whose research shows the greatest potential impact to medicine and/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154959//or biomedical research. 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