UCF Recognizes Nine Top Faculty at 2024 Luminary Awards The honor is designed to recognize some of UCF’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on UCF and in their respective fields.
Research in 60 Seconds: Preventing Falls and Enhancing Healthy Aging for the Elderly College of Nursing faculty member Ladda Thiamwong’s research focuses on an issue that affects 14 million adults 65 and older each year.
UCF Nursing Appoints 2 Experts as Inaugural Endowed Faculty Ladda Thiamwong and Desiree Díaz, international experts in their respective fields, have been selected to serve in endowed positions funded by a gift from the Florida Blue Foundation and a U.S. Department of Education grant, respectively.
UCF Aging Expert Named 2023 American Academy of Nursing Fellow Associate Professor Ladda Thiamwong is UCF College of Nursing’s 12th fellow of the organization— which honors the profession’s most accomplished leaders.
UCF Team Awarded $2.3M Grant for Innovative Intervention to Prevent Falls Through interdisciplinary collaboration and a community partnership, UCF researchers are seeking to address falling, which is the leading cause of injury and hospitalization among older adults.
Nursing Ph.D. Student’s Journey from Nigeria to Fellow Focused on Fall Prevention Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death in adults over 65 in the U.S. and are just one of the national problems McKnight Doctoral Fellow and nursing doctoral student Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP is working to address.
Seminole County debuts Economic Development Hub to help small businesses grow Orlando Business Journal
Father of slain UCF student: ‘He’s the most genuine and caring person I’ve ever been around’ Orlando Sentinel
