CHPS News
Social Work
Advocacy and Authenticity: Social Work Grad Recruits Top Talent
Alumna Paola Luigi ’18 ’21MSW shares how her Puerto Rican heritage and studies at UCF shaped a career that centers around growing young professionals. A native...
Social Work
Social Work Researcher Seeks to Support Youth Mental Health in Cross-Cultural Settings
Assistant Professor Shuang Lu has crossed continents to conduct her research, studying the mental health of youth in disadvantaged families with a goal of improving...
Health Sciences
Exploring Healthcare in Italy and Spain — Knight Life @UCFCHPS Spotlights Clinical Shadow Abroad Program
Health sciences junior Olivia Auster knew she wanted to study medicine since her sophomore year of high school, and her experience this summer in the...
Communication Disorders Clinic
UCF Aphasia House Director Named Distinguished Scholar
UCF Aphasia House Director and Assistant Professor Lauren Bislick has been named as a recipient of the 2023 Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Distinguished Scholar Award...
Kinesiology
First Kinesiology PhD Program Graduate Returns as Faculty In Growing Program
Justine Renziehausen absorbs the bustling atmosphere surrounding her within one of the numerous research labs housed in the School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences. Student...
Health Sciences
Knight Life @UCFCHPS Spotlights Clinical Shadow Abroad Program
Health sciences senior Bryan Fajardo wants to be an anesthesiologist, and his experience this summer in the new Clinical Shadowing Abroad program has helped affirm...
Health Sciences
Health Sciences Assistant Professor Brings New Public Health Research to College
Joy Scheidell wasn’t planning on a career in public health research when she set out to Florida Gulf Coast University. Her journey to a physical...
Physical Therapy
Residency Faculty Awarded Craig Nielsen Foundation Grant for Spinal Cord Injury Program
The Orlando Health Advanced Rehabilitation Institute neurologic residency faculty team was awarded a grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. The goal of the proposed...
Physical Therapy
Resident Logan Brown Completes Preparing Tomorrow’s Faculty Program from UCF Faculty Center
UCF and Orlando Health neurologic resident and UCF Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program teaching assistant, Logan Brown, PT, DPT received a graduate teaching assistant...
Kinesiology MS Student Spotlight
Graduation Spotlight: Alfonso Tejeira, Kinesiology
Meet Alfonso Tejeira. He isn’t the most traditional college student, but that certainly did not stop him from pursuing his dreams. After graduating from high...
