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UCF College of Medicine faculty are at the forefront of aerospace medicine, cancer research, and improving public health.
Medicine In Space
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
UCF assistant professor and researcher at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences Cali Calarco is…
What if an existing drug could be repurposed to treat…
For generations, scientists have looked to the genetics inside immune…
UCF medical student Natalya Kramer lost her grandfather to lymphoma,…
He’s an experienced skydiver, private pilot and scuba diver whose…
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How do tiny molecules in the cells of the brain affect our decisions every day? 🔬
UCF researcher Dr. Cali Calarco’s lab is examining how neurons — nerve cells in the brain — and their molecules change when exposed to nicotine and other drugs. The goal is to understand how microscopic changes in the brain eventually influence behavioral decisions, including those associated with addiction.
While her research is focused on nicotine, Calarco says her findings could have implications for other substances and even social media addiction.
Learn more about Dr. Calarco and her research at the link in our bio. 🔗
This week, the UCF College of Medicine welcomed @alimentaryschool, Dr. Paul Tran, to share his insight with our future Physician Knights on how they can better prepare for exams, rotations and their careers beyond.
Thank you Dr. Tran for visiting and to AMSA at UCF COM for organizing the event!
With the help of AI, we`ve identified 🔟 potential treatments for a rare nerve tumor 🔍🧠
@ucf.edu Pegasus Professor Dr. Cristina Fernández-Valle, her lab & Sage Bionetworks used AI to sift through about 200 FDA-approved drugs & found 10 that could be repurposed to treat NF2-related schwannomatosis, which affects 1 in 25,000 newborns worldwide.
The $280K project is funded by the @childrenstumor Foundation, as these tumors can develop during childhood, damaging nerves responsible for movement, hearing & balance.
These new drugs of interest will be further tested in hopes of giving patients better & less invasive treatments.
Learn more about the research at the 🔗 in our bio.
Great healthcare happens when we work together, across disciplines and countries. 🌎
UCF professors from the colleges of nursing and medicine were invited to University Center Dinâmica das Cataratas (UDC) in Brazil for the Interprofessional Health Congress, an event dedicated to teaching healthcare students alongside one another to better prepare them to work together in their careers.
Dr. Hung Nguyen recently discovered 🆕 genetic pathways that could improve immune response and inform new treatments 🧬🔬
Dr. Nguyen and his team found that specialized white blood cells known as T cells can be redirected to effectively target dozens of diseases by regulating the cell`s tRNA - molecules within cells that help build proteins and provide energy.
Learn more about how we`re expanding immunology at the 🔗 in our bio.
Congratulations to UCF medical student Natalya Kramer, winner of the inaugural Dean Deborah C. German, M.D. FIRE Impact Award, given to the student whose research shows the greatest potential impact to medicine and/or biomedical research. ✨
When Kramer lost her grandfather to lymphoma, she was inspired to pursue medicine with hopes of caring for cancer patients and their families.
She chose UCF for her medical education in part due to its focus on research and the FIRE (Focused Individualized Research Experience) course, which requires every student to conduct a two-year research project. The course was created by Dr. German.
Kramer`s FIRE project focused on glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer with a very low survival rate. Her research discovered that extracellular vesicles responsible for cell-to-cell communication may influence non-cancer cells to take on cancer-like properties.
Learn more about Kramer, her research and the Dean Deborah C. German, M.D. FIRE Impact Award at the link in our bio. 🔗
He’s an experienced skydiver, private pilot and scuba diver whose hero since childhood has been moon-walker Neil Armstrong. And now Melchor Antuñano is a UCF Knight. ⚔️ 🚀
After 34 years with the Federal Aviation Administration - the longest term for any senior executive in the agency`s history - Dr. Antuñano has joined the UCF College of Medicine`s aerospace medicine team as a professor, and chief technologist and medical innovation officer.
At UCF, he’ll help design new procedures and technologies to keep astronauts, pilots and airplane passengers safer and help create a new UCF master’s degree in aerospace medicine and a residency program for aerospace medicine physicians. He’ll also teach across UCF colleges.
Learn more about Dr. Antuñano at the link in our bio. 🔗
