CHPS News
Innovation Center
Virtual reality room creating new learning opportunity for UCF healthcare students
A virtual reality room on campus aims to add another dimension to how health care is taught. The space is called BLISS, which is short...
Physical Therapy
Neurologic PT Resident and Residency Faculty Screen Orlando Women’s 2023 Soccer Team
UCF and Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program’s current resident Sarah Kollas, under the direction of board-certified neurologic clinical specialists and concussion expert residency faculty Marissa...
Innovation Center
Medical simulation conference brings Hollywood special effects to Orlando
From Sunday to Thursday, the 2023 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare brought Hollywood-level special effects, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, actors and robots to the...
Social Work
UCF Class Spotlight: Macro Level Roles and Interventions in Social Work
Students gain hands-on experience while learning the importance of social work in supporting survivors of human trafficking.
Innovation Center
New Immersive Simulation Suite Will Teach UCF Students, Help Patients
The hands-on tech will better prepare College of Health Professions and Sciences students for frontline roles. UCF’s College of Health Professions and Sciences has again...
Dean's Office
How NFL Player Damar Hamlin Tackled the Odds: Health Experts Weigh In
A panel of UCF medical and rehabilitation experts discuss what happened, what Hamlin’s physical and mental recovery could look like, and protecting the heart health...
Health Sciences
UCF Nutrition Educator Helps Improve Health at KNIGHTS Clinic
Patients at a free College of Medicine clinic for Orlando’s disadvantaged are getting nutritional counseling, thanks to the expertise of registered dietician/nutritionist Steven Burroughs, a...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research in 60 Seconds Video: Helping Children Born with Cleft Palate
Whether it’s solving the world’s biggest problems or investigating the potential of novel discoveries, researchers at UCF are on the edge of scientific breakthroughs that...
Kinesiology
Kevan Knowles Receives Division of Kinesiology Outstanding Student Award
Congratulations to Kevan Knowles ‘22, who was selected as the Fall 2022 Outstanding Student for the Division of Kinesiology. An honors student, Knowles excelled academically, as...
Social Work
Social Work Track Doctoral Candidates Compete in UCF’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition
Doctoral candidates Khalilah Louis Caines and Itunu O. Ilesanmi participated in UCF’s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in November. Each student presented their individual research from...
