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UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Center is educating the healthcare leaders of tomorrow. Using innovation and high-tech learning modules, our outstanding faculty teach students to provide evidence-based, compassionate care and to research new cures and treatments for disease.  

Academic Health Colleges

UCF College of Health Professions and Sciences

UCF educates future health researchers and healthcare providers through its programs in athletic training, health sciences, communications sciences and disorders, social work, kinesiology and physical therapy.

UCF College of Medicine

The UCF College of Medicine is a founding member of Orlando’s Medical City at Lake Nona. In addition to the MD program, the medical school has 3,000+ undergraduate and graduate students in the biomedical sciences.

UCF College of Nursing

UCF College of Nursing educates Knight nurses through accredited and nationally ranked undergraduate and graduate programs to be providers, leaders, educators, and researchers our communities need to ensure a healthier future for all.

Caring For Our Community

AHSC students studying to be tomorrow’s health leaders provide care to underserved residents across our community. See how they’re making a difference.

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Academic Health Colleges News

Health & Medicine
UCF Researcher Studying Probiotics to Fight Acid Reflux, Esophageal Cancer
Associate Professor Claudia Andl is examining how a simple probiotic can treat the damage from acid reflux disease, a condition that affects one-fourth of Americans…
Research
UCF Scientist Leads Research to Break Through Harmful Bacterial “Fortresses”
Continuing her work with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Renee Fleeman is understanding how a bioengineered peptide can curb severe infections for patients.
Medicine
UCF Researcher Develops “Smart, Tiny Bubbles” to Treat Cancer and Heart Disease
Dinender Singla developed innovative technology and has formed a company to get the treatment ready for clinical trials.