CHPS News
Social Work
Professor Kim Anderson Explains “Missing White Woman Syndrome”
UCF Social Work Professor Kim Anderson spoke to News13 on the research pertaining to “missing white woman syndrome,” a concept that refers to the disproportionate media...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
UCF Grad Student Receives Hearing Aids Thanks to Philanthropic Gift
A fund created by a UCF alum helped Selena Lopez ’18 keep her dream to become a speech-language pathologist alive after she was diagnosed with hearing loss....
Dean's Office
Genius Foundation Awards $300,000 To UCF Interdisciplinary Health Research
Eight interdisciplinary faculty research projects — on health topics including pain management, improving provider-patient communication, and intimate partner violence — have received about $300,000 in...
Social Work
School of Social Work’s CBHRT: Fueling Scientific Collaboration and Expanding Professional Expertise
The Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training (CBHRT) was established in 2017 and is the first of its kind in the School of Social Work. The CBHRT serves...
Dean's Office
UCF’s Brightest Shine During Luminary Awards
15 faculty members were honored for being academic leaders, bettering lives and shining a light in the world. The UCF community celebrated the accomplishments of...
Social Work
Listen In: Abuse Hurts At Every Age. UCF’s Bethany Backes Talks Domestic Violence In 50 Plus Women During The Pandemic
A new study out of UCF paints a picture of the abuse women 50 and up have faced over the past year. More than 40 percent...
Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
UCF-CARD in Fourth Year of Statewide Project to Improve Post-Secondary Education Outcomes for Hispanic Youth with ASD
Terri Daly, the director of UCF Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD), is spearheading research that has received renewed funding for the fourth year from the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council. The $125,000 grant will help improve enrollment...
DPT Program Student Spotlight
Neurologic PT Resident and Faculty Present at Brain Injury Support Group
On September 27, 2021, Uzair Hammad, the current resident of the University of Central Florida – Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program, co-presented with the residency...
Innovation Center
Getting Real: Cutting-edge hologram technology is helping train UCF’s future healthcare professionals.
Holograms are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Now, they have the capability of improving our well-being by changing the game in healthcare education. UCF’s College of...
Physical Therapy
Uzair Hammad Presents with Neurologic Experts at Physical Therapy State Conference
Uzair Hammad, PT, DPT, the current resident of the University of Central Florida – Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program, co-presented virtually with other neurologic physical...
