Mon Aug 2
Dr. Hernandez joined the UCF College of Medicine in 2011 as director of the Practice of Medicine modules that teach first- and second-year M.D. students subjects that include clinical reasoning, patient communication, professional identity development and providing culturally sensitive care. With two decades of experience in medical education, she has served on the M.D. Curriculum…
Fri Jul 30
A “sea of white coats” filled Addition Financial Arena Monday as two UCF medical school classes – more than 200 students — participated in a traditional White Coat Ceremony, recognizing them as colleagues in healthcare. The College of Medicine typically holds the ceremony on the first day of class for first-year students. This year, the medical school…
Wed Jul 21
In a recent study in Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, Dr. Su-I Hou, professor and founding director of UCF’s School of Global Health Management & Informatics, identified models of how older adults can best “age in community” – a more updated approach than “aging in place,” which primarily focuses on keeping older adults out of long-term care facilities and in their…
Tue Jul 20
Xamil Vega’s love of radiology began after his first anatomy class as a first-year med student at UCF when he became intrigued with the human body and how a CT scan could reveal a person’s disorders. As he enters into his final year of medical school, Vega is busy doing his clinical training at the…
Mon Jul 19
Ayoung UCF scientist researching how pregnancy affects the immune system is the recipient of a highly competitive award designed to increasing the number of African-Americans and Hispanics with doctoral degrees. Valeria Flores-Malavet, who is pursuing a Ph.D. at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, received the McKnight Dissertation Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year. The fellowship was…
Mon Jul 19
Medical students nationwide – including three from UCF – write about the trials and triumphs of training to be doctors during a pandemic in a new book, Diary of a Med Student. The book’s reflections are introspective, serious, sad, profound and humorous, including students’ feelings about losing a loved one to COVID-19, harvesting an organ from…
Sat Jul 17
Dr. Jeff LaRochelle is the UCF College of Medicine’s new associate dean of academic affairs, selected after a nationwide search. Before being named as only the second academic affairs leader in the medical school’s history, Dr. LaRochelle served as professor of medicine and assistant dean for medical education at UCF, where his research interests included…
Mon Jul 12
A UCF medical student who used her bioengineering training to create makeshift ventilators for COVID-19 patients and help a free clinic transition to telehealth services during the pandemic has received national recognition for her work. Lily Chen, who is entering her third-year of medical school, said the Excellence in Public Health Service Award from the…
Mon Jul 12
While breast cancer-specific mortality rates have declined over the last few decades, Black women are still twice as likely to die from breast cancer compared to other ethnicities. This is according to results of a study led by Dr. Robert Hines, associate professor of Population Health Sciences at the College of Medicine. The study was…
Fri Jul 9
College of Medicine biomedical engineer Dr. Melanie Coathup is one of five UCF researchers to receive more than $450,000 in SEED funding thanks to a new collaboration between the UCF Office of Research and the international nano and digital technology research and development company, imec. The researchers are expected to commence their work by the…
Thu Jul 1
HCA Healthcare North Florida Division announced the opening of a $5.5 million state-of-the-art simulation training center in Central Florida designed to empower and support nurses through innovative learning experiences and leadership development opportunities. The HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement (HHCCA) provides HCA Healthcare North Florida Division nurses and nurse residents advanced training in a supportive,…
Tue Jun 29
UCF College of Medicine microbiologist Salvador Almagro-Moreno is one of 50 researchers nationwide selected to identify the emerging threat of pathogens that jump from animals to humans. In the era of COVID-19 and climate change, the potential of new strains of deadly microorganisms affecting humans is a critical world health problem. In response, the Corporation…
Tue Jun 29
Today she is. As Dr. Alani graduated with honors from her UCF-HCA Healthcare neurology residency this month, she cried telling the story of Mary Ann Reiner, the colleague who sent her text messages saying, “You got this!” before every residency interview. Now Dr. Alani is off to Yale for a fellowship in movement disorders such…
Tue Jun 22
West Florida Healthcare in Pensacola announced Tuesday their first ever Graduate Medical Education Residency Programs in partnership with the UCF College of Medicine. Accredited by the Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the new programs will train residents in physical medicine and rehabilitation and obstetrics and gynecology. West Florida Healthcare is currently building applications for…
Fri Jun 18
Two College of Medicine researchers who established patents for their medical inventions helped UCF rank 25th among public universities in the nation for producing patents and 60th in the world, according to a 2020 report. The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association ranks institutions every year based on the number of…
Wed Jun 16
AUniversity of Central Florida infectious-disease epidemiologist is working with The Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Florida on a new collaboration to strengthen the ongoing response to SARS-CoV-2. The work could affect approaches to control the virus, such as isolation strategies and vaccine development, and establish infrastructure to respond to future emerging infectious diseases. The…
Wed Jun 16
Most are familiar with the field of genomics in relation to ancestry mapping — such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com — uncovering relatives and identifying genetic risk factors for disease. However, genomics has also widely been applied to tracking infectious disease through sequencing the genomes of bacteria, parasites and viruses. Now, it is helping us to…
Tue Jun 15
Nader Tabsh remembers exactly where he was the night of the Pulse mass shooting in Orlando. Eight months after moving to America from the United Arab Emirates, he was attending the University of South Florida and spent the night frantically searching via social media because no one had heard from two friends who were thought…
Thu Jun 10
Almost 20 percent of LGBTQ+ adults say they avoid seeking healthcare because they fear discrimination, according to a recent study, leading to poorer health outcomes for those patients. Oliver Klicker knows this fear all too well. Klicker, who was assigned female at birth and identifies as a transgender man, said that despite suffering from…
Wed Jun 9
Biomedical and mechanical engineer Robert Steward Jr. is one of five UCF National Science Foundation CAREER grant recipients who are finding innovative and bold new ways to solve challenges that could be game changers in healthcare and engineering. The award recognizes early career professionals with promising research who have the potential to serve as academic…