CHPS News
Dean's Office
How UCF Uses Assistive Technology to Help People with Disabilities
The Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (FAAST) Center has aided thousands in need of assistive devices; trained caregivers and future clinicians; and served...
Physical Therapy
Resident Earns Rizing Tide Foundation Scholarship
Gabriela Rodriguez is part of the fifth cohort of scholars to receive the Rizing Tide Foundation’s 2025 Surge Scholarship! Selected from a national pool of...
Physical Therapy
Orangewood Christian Students Build Cars for Kids with Mobility Challenges Through UCF Program
Students from Orangewood Christian School delivered specially modified cars to children with limited mobility on Monday, as part of the University of Central Florida’s Go...
Athletic Training
UCF Researchers Marrying Ultrasound with AI to Better Treat Back Pain
We’ve all been there; you feel like you breathe wrong and now your back hurts. Low-back pain affects hundreds of millions of people across the...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Meet two of our Knight Authors: Jana Piragic ’07 ’09MA and Lori Levoy ’08
Tell us a little about yourself Jana: I am a PROUD UCF aluma, freelance writer, real estate agent, and adjunct professor, but my most cherished roles...
Research
Research Roundup: Publications by CHPS Faculty, Spring and Summer 2025
Students at the College of Health Professions and Sciences benefit from faculty who conduct research into a broad number of health and wellness topics, discovering...
Kinesiology
Knight Life @UCFCHPS Students Explore Personal Fitness and Wellness Abroad in Costa Rica
Junior Sara Weiss spent her summer studying kinesiology and focusing on exercise under the Costa Rican sun. Weiss studied abroad in San Jose, Costa Rica,...
Physical Therapy
Beato Appointed to National Task Force on Specialty, Residency, and Fellowship Practice
UCF and Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Director Morris “Rick” Beato has been appointed as the newest member of the Description of Specialty and Residency Practice...
Physical Therapy
Residency Grad Scammon Presents on CIDP with Residency Mentors at FPTA
Recent UCF and Orlando Health neurologic residency graduate Emma Scammon presented on the physical therapy management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Scammon presented with neurologic...
Physical Therapy
Conrad and Rodriguez Share Concussion Management Expertise
Current UCF and Orlando Health resident Gabriela Rodriguez and residency mentor Marissa Conrad co-presented a case study and current literature on concussion management at Orlando...
