News: Health Sciences

UCF Honored Nationally for Interprofessional Health Education Excellence

Written By: Heather Lovett | October 17, 2024
UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Center is recognized by the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions, which focuses on critical issues affecting health professions.

Research Roundup: Publications by CHPS Faculty, Spring and Summer 2024

Written By: Lasha Markham and Heather Lovett | October 7, 2024
Students at the College of Health Professions and Sciences benefit from faculty who conduct research into a broad number of health and wellness topics, discovering new insights and creating innovation...

Graduation Spotlight: Brooke Martinez, Health Sciences

Written By: David Janosik | August 1, 2024
Meet Brooke Martinez. Her journey to UCF began with an invitation to audition for the UCF orchestra. While looking through promotional materials from various institutions across the nation, the one...

High School Students Get Hands-on with Healthcare at UCF

Written By: Eric Eraso | July 31, 2024
UCF’s Health Leaders Summer Academy provides experiential learning opportunities for Central Florida high schoolers interested in the healthcare field, helping make careers in patient care and research more accessible.  ...

Nutrition Lies: Serving Up Fact From Fiction

Written By: Ivanhoe Broadcast News | July 23, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Forty two percent of Americans are obese. One in three people is overweight. Lack of exercise, eating too much processed foods, genetics, there are several...

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...

Graduation Spotlight: Calvin MacDonald, Health Sciences

Written By: David Janosik | May 6, 2024
Meet Calvin MacDonald. The Burnett Honors College student and Order of Pegasus recipient decided to come to UCF after his first visit to campus felt like coming home. He began...

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

Written By: David Janosik | 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...

How to Train for a Marathon

Written By: Heather Lovett | April 12, 2024
Health and sports medicine experts discuss the training, trends and technology long distance runners are looking to as they prepare for one of the world’s most watched foot races —...

Research Roundup: Recent Publications By CHPS Faculty Fall 2023

Written By: Stella Canfield | March 21, 2024
Students at the College of Health Professions and Sciences benefit from faculty who conduct research into a broad number of health and wellness topics, discovering new insights and creating innovation...

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