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Health Sciences

Graduation Spotlight: Brooke Martinez, Health Sciences

Written By: Lasha Markham | August 1, 2024
Meet Brooke Martinez. Her journey to UCF began with an invitation to audition for the UCF orchestra. While looking through promotional materials from various institutions...
Physical Therapy

High School Students Get Hands-on with Healthcare at UCF

Written By: Eric Eraso | July 31, 2024
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...
Dean's Office

Winter Park Health Foundation Awards UCF $50,000 for Community Health Program to Prevent Heart Disease and Diabetes

Written By: Heather Lovett | July 26, 2024
A program in the College of Health Professions and Sciences that engages students in providing preventative health services to the community to address chronic disease...
Dean's Office

Influential Researchers at UCF Contribute to Impacts in Field, U.S. News Global Rankings

Written By: Nicole Dudenhoefer ’17 | July 25, 2024
With top rankings across optics and photonics, health and education, UCF researchers are forces of influence through their highly cited research. Behind every groundbreaking discovery...
Communication Disorders Clinic

Donation from Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida Helps Researchers Explore New Literacy Building Tools

Written By: Lasha Markham | July 24, 2024
The Communication Sciences and Disorders Clinic has been offering reading programs to the Orlando community for the last four years and recently introduced a new,...
Health Sciences

Nutrition Lies: Serving Up Fact From Fiction

Written By: Ivanhoe Broadcast News | July 23, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Forty two percent of Americans are obese. One in three people is overweight. Lack of exercise, eating too much processed...
Physical Therapy

Gonzalez Receives Outstanding Neurologic Clinician Award

Written By: UCF & OH Residency | July 19, 2024
UCF and Orlando Health’s neurologic residency faculty and mentor in acute care DPT Rachel Gonzalez was recognized by the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s Neurology Special...
Physical Therapy

Uzair Hammad Receives APTA Outstanding Resident Award

Written By: UCF & OH Residency | July 18, 2024
Previous UCF and Orlando Health neurologic residency graduate DPT Uzair Hammad, was recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) with the APTA Outstanding Resident...
Physical Therapy

Beato Recognized with APTA Outstanding Service Award

Written By: UCF & OH Residency | July 18, 2024
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has recognized Residency Director, DPT Morris “Rick” Beato, with the APTA Lucy Blair Outstanding Service Award on July 21,...
Dean's Office

Meet Matthew Theriot, Our New Interim Dean

Written By: Heather Lovett | July 12, 2024
A familiar face in the College of Health Professions and Sciences, Matthew Theriot is taking the helm as interim dean. “It’s a privilege to serve...

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