Tue Jun 2
Patents highlight the important role universities play in discovery and bringing inventions to the market where people can benefit from the research conducted around the world. UCF’s first patent was for a novel way to compress and decompress large amounts of stored digital data on computers. For the seventh consecutive year, UCF has ranked in…
Thu May 28
Antibodies and antibody testing are in the news frequently – UCF and Aventus Labs are starting drive-through COVID-19 antibody testing on campus this week. What are antibodies, what do they do and what role do they play in diseases like the unique coronavirus causing this pandemic? For answers, we’re turning to Jane Gibson, an expert in…
Fri May 22
As COVID-19 changes healthcare education across the globe, a rising fourth-year UCF medical student has been named to a national leadership position to help improve the way physicians are trained. Evan Johnson was selected from a national pool of applicants to serve as advocacy coordinator for the American Medical Student Association’s Medical Education Committee. There…
Fri May 22
A College of Medicine researcher is using moldy breakfast cereal to fight one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Dr. Debopam Chakrabarti, an infectious disease specialist at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, recently received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to use fungus-derived compounds to develop better treatments for malaria. He…
Thu May 21
Victoria Orindas (center), Daniela Vulpe (right) and their Orlando Against Coronavirus volunteer crew have created and distributed masks, personalized cards and food packages for the homeless, and have organized book drives and online tutoring. When the coronavirus hit Central Florida, Daniela Vulpe and Victoria Orindas saw that many charitable organizations had to slow down or…
Fri May 15
College of Medicine graduate Haider Ali (center) is presented with his white coat by his parents. (Photo courtesy of Haider Ali) “COVID-19 did not stop your match. It will not stop your graduation, and when you take your positions across the nation in July, YOU will help stop COVID 19,” says Deborah German, vice president for…
Thu May 14
The day before they became M.D.s and in the midst of a pandemic, UCF College of Medicine seniors met via Zoom one last time to honor each other in the traditional – but not so traditional this year – Class Day Celebration. On Thursday, students received honors for academic and clinical achievement. Dr. James Sanders,…
Wed May 13
Steven Glener won’t be able to walk across a stage to get his medical school diploma from UCF. But he walked anyway – across the family pool deck – with his mother, physician father and two physician siblings singing “Pomp and Circumstance” in their Florida back yard. COVID-19 has changed commencement ceremonies across UCF, the…
Wed May 13
Gary Hoppenworth and Ashley Santana were chosen from 1,343 nominees to receive the award. Gary Hoppenworth, a computer science and mathematics major, and Ashley Santana, a biomedical sciences and biotechnology major, have received the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, the first time two UCF students have qualified for the scholarship in the same year. The Goldwater Scholarship,…
Tue May 12
UCF postdoctoral researcher Jonathan Reyes uses high-speed cameras to characterize the patterns and distance traveled of droplets emitted from sneezing and coughing, including those that have been altered by candy or starch. Ateam of University of Central Florida researchers is looking at changing people’s saliva to help manage the spread of COVID-19 as the nation…
Wed May 6
Alicja Copik is a cancer researcher at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences at the College of Medicine. Acell-based cancer immunotherapy that utilizes a nanoparticle developed at UCF to stimulate a patient’s natural cancer-killing cells has just received the green light to proceed directly into a Phase II clinical trial. College of Medicine Associate Professor…
Wed May 6
Dr. Magdalena Pasarica, associate professor of medicine, is the recipient of the UCF College of Medicine 2020 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning award. The $5,000 scholarship recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge and teaching effectiveness. A board certified family medicine physician with a Ph.D. in nutrition, Dr. Pasarica joined the medical school in…
Tue May 5
Hospital emergency rooms are chaotic in normal times. Try being an emergency medicine resident during a pandemic. As the nation’s healthcare system deals with COVID-19, UCF-HCA Healthcare physicians in residency training find themselves on the front lines of a novel virus and new ways of learning and caring for patients. Emergency medicine residents have had to…
Mon May 4
George Walters-Marrah ’20 is a first-generation graduate from UCF and will be continuing his education at Stanford. (Photo by Steven Diaz) George Walters-Marrah ’20 has a little down time. He could binge One Piece — he’s on a second go-round of all 929 episodes of the Japanese animated series. But no, today he’s in his apartment teaching himself…
Thu Apr 30
On Saturday, 307 Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences students will get their degrees as part of UCF’s virtual graduation. Celebrating commencement will be 292 undergraduates, 13 M.S. students and 2 Ph.D. candidates. UCF canceled in-person graduation ceremonies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual college commencement events begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on UCF’s Facebook…
Mon Apr 27
On April 29, a COVID-19 drive-through testing site will open in Lake Nona through a partnership between the UCF College of Medicine, Aventus Health and Tavistock. The testing is by appointment only for people across the community. Patients must have a test order from a physician. Testing is covered by insurance. Those without insurance can…
Fri Apr 24
Dr. Emily Bradshaw, assistant professor at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Laurel Gorman, associate professor of pharmacology, have been named among the 2020 recipients of the university’s Teaching Incentive Program award. The award recognizes productivity and excellence in teaching that contribute to the university’s mission. Dr. Bradshaw joined UCF in 2015 after earning…
Fri Apr 24
Hospital emergency rooms are chaotic in normal times. Try being an Emergency Medicine resident during a pandemic. As the nation’s healthcare system deals with COVID-19, UCF-HCA Healthcare physicians in residency training find themselves on the front lines of a novel virus and new ways of learning and caring for patients. Emergency Medicine residents have had…
Wed Apr 22
A community is only as strong as its most vulnerable population. That’s the premise behind a team of biomedical sciences students who are working to reduce the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless in downtown Orlando by supporting handwashing. Ranya Awad and Tori Lynn are part of the Hearts for the Homeless UCF Chapter, which…
Mon Apr 20
Frankie Catalfumo ’13 has worked through outbreak responses to cholera in Haiti and Ebola virus disease in the United States, but he says the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is more stressful than any of his other work with controlling infectious diseases. “You see the waves in China and then we started to see it spread across…