CHPS News
Health Sciences
Health Sciences Student To Receive University Researcher Award
Congratulations to health sciences, pre-clinical track senior Alyssa Church, who was selected to receive the Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Award (DURA) for the month of February...
Health Sciences
Health Sciences Graduate Continues Family Legacy in Healthcare
Growing up, Breon Clark always knew he wanted to go into the healthcare field. His mother and some of his aunts are nurses. Clark also...
Social Work
UCF School of Social Work Awards Six Students a $10,000 Fellowship
The UCF School of Social Work MSW Traditional Track has awarded six new first-year graduate level students with a $10,000 fellowship to assist them with...
Social Work
New Field Education Director Continues UCF School of Social Work’s Focus on Collaborative Community Learning
Field education is the signature pedagogy and an important component of social work practice. It prepares UCF Social Work students to serve as clinical and...
Social Work
5 Things to Know: Promising New Alternative Therapies for Struggling Veterans
It’s an alarming reality: Each day in the United States, 22 veterans or military members die from suicide. But Dr. James Whitworth, a UCF associate professor...
Physical Therapy
UCF Go Baby Go! Builds New Partnership with St. Joseph Children’s Hospital
UCF Go Baby Go! builds more than innovative motorized cars that increase mobility in children, it also builds community by bringing children of all mobility...
Athletic Training
Phillip Croak: Athletic Training Preceptor of the Month for October 2020
Phillip Croak is the Athletic Trainer Preceptor of the Month for October 2020. We are pleased to announce that Phillip Croak, assistant athletic trainer for...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
CSD Grad Students and DPT Students Team Up To Expand Learning in Anatomy Lab
Graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program teamed up with doctoral students in the Physical Therapy program to learn together in a joint,...
Health Sciences
Pandemic Presents Unique Research Opportunity for Studying Unhealthy Behavior in Kids
In early March, Keith Brazendale began gathering initial data for his research project on the factors and behaviors that contribute to weight gain among children living in rural areas. After completing the first...
Kinesiology
Graduate Kinesiology Student Gets Strength from Law Scholarship
Maxine Furtado is the first recipient of the Jeffrey D. Law Memorial Scholarship for students in the kinesiology M.S. program. Recently, she was able to...
