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Dr. Annette Khaled
Dr. Annette Khaled is the Head of the Division of Cancer Research and tenured Professor at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Khaled’s research spans both basic and translational areas of cancer research and involves the development of cancer therapeutics, nanotechnology and immunotherapy to treat the most invasive and aggressive forms of breast, lung, and prostate cancer.
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Sandia National Laboratory Taps UCF Researchers to Develop Infrared Camera for Space
The three-year project, supported by a $750K grant, is part of Sandia’s Photonic Enable Tera-scale InfraRed Imager (PETRI) Grand Challenge Laboratory Directed Research and Development…
Colleges & Campus
Meet UCF’s 2025 Pegasus Professors
The recipients of UCF’s most prestigious faculty honor use their inspiring backgrounds to make impacts in the fields of psychology, hospitality and cybersecurity.
Colleges & Campus
How UCF Researchers Are Playing Key Role in Discovering Health Impacts of Space Travel
College of Medicine Professor Michal Masternak and two graduate students are processing health samples last Saturday from Fram2, the latest commercial spaceflight and the first…