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UCF College of Medicine faculty are at the forefront of aerospace medicine, cancer research, and improving public health.
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Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta is an internationally recognized space medicine expert who leads our research on the health impacts of space travel with an emphasis on addressing these issues as more people go into space.
Killing Cancer Cells
Dr. Alicja Copik is developing technologies that “beef up” the body’s Natural Killer cells. Dr. Copik uses nanoparticles and genetic engineering to make the body’s first line of defense into better-armed cancer killers.
Fighting Malaria
Dr. Debopam Chakrabarti focuses his research on malaria, the world’s deadliest mosquito-borne illness. Dr. Chakrabarti is investigating using cancer drugs and identifying natural product-derived antimalarials to find new ways to treat malaria.
College News & Events
Eighty-five local high school students became CPR certified at the…
Pavan Senthil was inspired walking through a convention hall and…
The arrival of summer marks a new year of residency…
UCF infection preventionist Dr. Cindy Prins has been named a…
Dr. Heather Fagan, a distinguished pediatric critical care physician and…
Luis Jimenez-Chavez, a master’s student in biomedical sciences at the…
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The academic year is nearly here, so our faculty and staff gathered for a summer barbecue! 😎
Catered by Orlando`s own 4 Rivers Smokehouse, our team enjoyed a little downtime and great food ahead of another exciting medical school year!
The academic year is nearly here, so our faculty and staff gathered for a summer barbecue! 😎
Catered by Orlando`s own 4 Rivers Smokehouse, our team enjoyed a little downtime and great food ahead of another exciting medical school year!
Eighty-five local high school students became CPR certified at the UCF College of Medicine and became lifesavers for the community.
In addition to CPR training, the attendees learned to use Automatic External Defibrillators or AEDs, properly care for wounds and how to help someone who is choking.
The training was part of UCF’s Health Leaders’ Summer Academy, a week-long camp supported by Nemours Children`s Health, which introduces young people to healthcare careers. During the week-long camp, students receive guidance and mentorship from faculty and students at UCF’s Colleges of Health Professions and Sciences, Global Health Management & Informatics, Nursing and Medicine.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Eighty-five local high school students became CPR certified at the UCF College of Medicine and became lifesavers for the community.
In addition to CPR training, the attendees learned to use Automatic External Defibrillators or AEDs, properly care for wounds and how to help someone who is choking.
The training was part of UCF’s Health Leaders’ Summer Academy, a week-long camp supported by Nemours Children`s Health, which introduces young people to healthcare careers. During the week-long camp, students receive guidance and mentorship from faculty and students at UCF’s Colleges of Health Professions and Sciences, Global Health Management & Informatics, Nursing and Medicine.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Meet two students graduating from UCF`s Medicine-Engineering Double Degree Program (MEDD) - a unique double degree program training students for the future of healthcare.
The program recognizes that the future of healthcare is in technology and that the workforce needs trained professionals who can understand both the biology of disease and the engineering principles to create new healthcare solutions.
MEDD graduate Pavan Senthil conducted clinical research at Limbitless Solutions, Inc., a UCF organization that creates and provides 3D-printed, EMG-powered prosthetics for clinical trial participants, working with patients to understand their prosthetic limbs and increase their independence. Today, his career goal is to develop technology to help people.
Michael Meyers graduated last spring and will begin his master`s in electrical engineering in the fall. He wants to develop better ways to diagnose diseases through enhanced imaging technologies, such as A-I-assisted X-rays and non-invasive visual biopsies.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Meet two students graduating from UCF`s Medicine-Engineering Double Degree Program (MEDD) - a unique double degree program training students for the future of healthcare.
The program recognizes that the future of healthcare is in technology and that the workforce needs trained professionals who can understand both the biology of disease and the engineering principles to create new healthcare solutions.
MEDD graduate Pavan Senthil conducted clinical research at Limbitless Solutions, Inc., a UCF organization that creates and provides 3D-printed, EMG-powered prosthetics for clinical trial participants, working with patients to understand their prosthetic limbs and increase their independence. Today, his career goal is to develop technology to help people.
Michael Meyers graduated last spring and will begin his master`s in electrical engineering in the fall. He wants to develop better ways to diagnose diseases through enhanced imaging technologies, such as A-I-assisted X-rays and non-invasive visual biopsies.
Read more at the link in our bio.
The arrival of summer marks a new year of residency and fellowship training for young doctors around the nation and here in Florida.
July 1, more than 720 physicians across the state began training in needed specialties like primary care, surgery, psychiatry and cardiology through a unique partnership between the UCF College of Medicine and HCA Florida Healthcare. With the fastest-growing graduate medical education (GME) program in the state, the UCF-HCA Florida Healthcare GME Consortium is making progress in reducing the physician shortage.
A Florida Physician Workforce Study shows that almost one-third of licensed physicians in Florida are 60 or older and as many as 8,000 plan to stop seeing patients in the next five years – most because of retirement.
In the past eight years, the UCF-HCA consortium has graduated 1,043 new physicians and approximately 50 percent are practicing in Florida, a major contribution to addressing Florida’s physician shortage. And in the last three years, the Consortium grew by 200 physicians, 13 programs and three hospitals.
Click the link in our bio to learn about this partnership, the programs being added, and how we are helping bring care to our rural and veteran populations.
The arrival of summer marks a new year of residency and fellowship training for young doctors around the nation and here in Florida.
July 1, more than 720 physicians across the state began training in needed specialties like primary care, surgery, psychiatry and cardiology through a unique partnership between the UCF College of Medicine and HCA Florida Healthcare. With the fastest-growing graduate medical education (GME) program in the state, the UCF-HCA Florida Healthcare GME Consortium is making progress in reducing the physician shortage.
A Florida Physician Workforce Study shows that almost one-third of licensed physicians in Florida are 60 or older and as many as 8,000 plan to stop seeing patients in the next five years – most because of retirement.
In the past eight years, the UCF-HCA consortium has graduated 1,043 new physicians and approximately 50 percent are practicing in Florida, a major contribution to addressing Florida’s physician shortage. And in the last three years, the Consortium grew by 200 physicians, 13 programs and three hospitals.
Click the link in our bio to learn about this partnership, the programs being added, and how we are helping bring care to our rural and veteran populations.
UCF infection preventionist Dr. Cindy Prins has been named a fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) – the highest honor for a scientist focused on better ways to prevent infectious diseases.
Dr. Prins began her career as a virologist, before a passion for public health inspired her to transition to epidemiology, studying healthcare-associated infections, and how to prevent them from spreading.
Dr. Prins joined the UCF College of Medicine’s Population Health Sciences Department as an associate professor of medicine in 2023, where she is working to improve infection prevention in nursing homes, both through her own research and mentoring UCF medical students researching infection prevention.
Learn more at the link in our bio.
UCF infection preventionist Dr. Cindy Prins has been named a fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) – the highest honor for a scientist focused on better ways to prevent infectious diseases.
Dr. Prins began her career as a virologist, before a passion for public health inspired her to transition to epidemiology, studying healthcare-associated infections, and how to prevent them from spreading.
Dr. Prins joined the UCF College of Medicine’s Population Health Sciences Department as an associate professor of medicine in 2023, where she is working to improve infection prevention in nursing homes, both through her own research and mentoring UCF medical students researching infection prevention.
Learn more at the link in our bio.
This summer, we invited LIFE at UCF, an organization promoting lifelong learning experiences for elders in our community, to our College of Medicine campus.
Here, our faculty are giving lectures on topics including healthy aging, the future of aerospace medicine and how new research is exploring ways to fight viruses and bacteria.
This summer, we invited LIFE at UCF, an organization promoting lifelong learning experiences for elders in our community, to our College of Medicine campus.
Here, our faculty are giving lectures on topics including healthy aging, the future of aerospace medicine and how new research is exploring ways to fight viruses and bacteria.
As homelessness and substance abuse rates rise, UCF College of Medicine students are doing their part to bring addiction and recovery education to Florida’s homeless population. ❤️
“We would ask community members in recovery, ‘What can we, as medical students, do to make an impact and help you?’” said Jeremy Sheiber, a third-year UCF medical student. “In these conversations, we were told that there was a gap in education, that patients didn’t fully understand what was going on with their bodies.”
The students began by triaging patients at a primary care clinic for homeless people at Orlando’s Christian Service Center. They then stayed to meet with patients after their appointments to answer questions about addiction and connect them with available community resources.
In addition to helping patients experiencing homelessness, the medical students have held educational workshops for patients and staff at recovery centers.
Learn more about the work these students are doing at the link 🔗 in our bio.
As homelessness and substance abuse rates rise, UCF College of Medicine students are doing their part to bring addiction and recovery education to Florida’s homeless population. ❤️
“We would ask community members in recovery, ‘What can we, as medical students, do to make an impact and help you?’” said Jeremy Sheiber, a third-year UCF medical student. “In these conversations, we were told that there was a gap in education, that patients didn’t fully understand what was going on with their bodies.”
The students began by triaging patients at a primary care clinic for homeless people at Orlando’s Christian Service Center. They then stayed to meet with patients after their appointments to answer questions about addiction and connect them with available community resources.
In addition to helping patients experiencing homelessness, the medical students have held educational workshops for patients and staff at recovery centers.
Learn more about the work these students are doing at the link 🔗 in our bio.
Our Class of 2026 are now seniors!
With only one year left, we know they`ll be giving it their all!
Good luck, Class of 2026!
Our Class of 2026 are now seniors!
With only one year left, we know they`ll be giving it their all!
Good luck, Class of 2026!