News: Dean’s Office

Winter Park Health Foundation Awards UCF $50,000 for Community Health Program to Prevent Heart Disease and Diabetes

Written By: Heather Lovett | July 26, 2024
A program in the College of Health Professions and Sciences that engages students in providing preventative health services to the community to address chronic disease has been awarded $50,000 from...

Influential Researchers at UCF Contribute to Impacts in Field, U.S. News Global Rankings

Written By: Nicole Dudenhoefer ’17 | July 25, 2024
With top rankings across optics and photonics, health and education, UCF researchers are forces of influence through their highly cited research. Behind every groundbreaking discovery lies a dedicated researcher whose...

Donation from Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida Helps Researchers Explore New Literacy Building Tools

Written By: Lasha Markham | July 24, 2024
The Communication Sciences and Disorders Clinic has been offering reading programs to the Orlando community for the last four years and recently introduced a new, high tech way of learning...

Meet Matthew Theriot, Our New Interim Dean

Written By: Lasha Markham | July 12, 2024
A familiar face in the College of Health Professions and Sciences, Matthew Theriot is taking the helm as interim dean. “It’s a privilege to serve as the interim dean, and...

Collaboration with Brooks Rehabilitation Advances Physical Therapy Training, Specialized Care

Written By: Heather Lovett | July 10, 2024
A collaboration between Brooks Rehabilitation and the College of Health Professions and Sciences (CHPS) is providing new opportunities for physical therapy education and clinical training in the region. Brooks Rehabilitation,...

Sound Solutions: Building Smarter Hearing Systems

Written By: Heather Lovett | June 6, 2024
A new UCF researcher is revolutionizing hearing aid technology and developing innovative clinical tools that better diagnose and treat patients with speech and hearing challenges.

College of Health Professions and Sciences Co-Hosts Healthcare Education Summit

Written By: Heather Lovett | May 30, 2024
Academia and healthcare leaders convened at UCF on May 23 for a regional summit designed to improve collaboration and develop new strategies for ensuring the talent pipeline continues to provide...

3 million NIH grant awarded for improving child communication outcomes

Written By: New Mexico Sun | May 16, 2024
A fruitful collaboration between Cathy Binger, a professor at UNM’s Speech & Hearing Sciences, and Jennifer Kent-Walsh, founder and professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF)’s Assistive Technology Center,...

Leveraging the Power of Language Through Assistive Technology

Written By: Robert Stephens | April 15, 2024
Decades-long research from a team led by Pegasus Professor Jennifer Kent-Walsh has already assisted thousands of children struggling to communicate. A historic grant will now allow them to reach immeasurably...

Alumnus Mason Moore establishes new fund for testicular cancer research and awareness

Written By: Lasha Markham | April 12, 2024
Mason Moore ’97 has created a new fund to expand research and awareness programs on testicular cancer at the College of Health Professions and Sciences. Himself a three-time testicular cancer...

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