UCF Students Share Innovative Research at Burnett School Symposium This year’s showcase featured more than 50 research projects, from enhancing flu shots to advancing Lyme disease treatments and colorectal cancer diagnostics.
UCF Researcher’s Nanoparticles Serve as Pivotal Delivery Component of Promising Pediatric Cancer Treatment A crucial molecular mixture created at UCF combines with an RNA-targeting therapy to potentially shrink an aggressive class of pediatric brain tumor.
UCF Researcher Pioneers Chiral Molecule Sensing Method to Enhance Drug Development The UCF-developed technology meets a crucial demand in the field of medical and pharmaceutical research.
UCF Wound-healing Technology Also Shows Promise for Parkinson’s Patients The tremor, rigidity, and slowness of movement associated with Parkinson’s affect up to 10 million people worldwide.
Game Mimics Reality to Improve Life for Older Adults with Cancer A team led by UCF College of Nursing Endowed Professor Victoria Loerzel ’07PhD was awarded a $2.5M grant to test the innovative intervention that simulates symptoms and self-management.
HIV 101: What You Need to Know on World AIDS Day In honor of World AIDS Day, UCF Associate Professor J. Richelle Joe shares some insight into the HIV epidemic.
UCF Alumna Receives $1M NSF Grant to Further Development of Microbe-Killing Residual Disinfectant Kismet Technologies Inc., founded by Christina Drake ’07PhD, is working with UCF researchers to test and develop the residual antimicrobial product.
UCF Faculty Tackle Shortage of School-Based Mental Health Providers Over the next five years, a U.S. Department of Education grant will help facilitate the placement of more than 200 counseling and school psychology graduate students in local high-need schools.
New UCF Study Examines Insurance Barriers to Access Opioid Addiction Medication While insurance coverage of some forms of buprenorphine has improved over the years, researchers say coverage of new, more effective forms of the medication is lacking.
New UCF Project Launched to Engage a Diverse, New Generation of Researchers to Aid Aging Populations UCF has been awarded $1.85 million to pilot a five-year, multidisciplinary program to increase diversity among student researchers focused on health disparities in aging.
