News: Health Sciences
UCF Honored Nationally for Interprofessional Health Education Excellence
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...