News: Health Sciences
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...
Gail Kauwell Reappointed as Chair of the Department of Health Sciences
Professor Gail Kauwell has been reappointed for her second five-year term as the Chair of the Department of Health Sciences. The reappointment follows a performance analysis that was informed by...
Men’s Health Can Be Awkward. Does Humor Help in Testicular Cancer?
When comedian Tom Green received a diagnosis of testicular cancer, he decided to keep the cameras rolling on his eponymous MTV series. Green, who was 28 years old at the...
