UCFCHPS

Exploration. Innovation. Imagination. Together, we’re finding new ways to unleash the potential of the next generation of healthcare professionals. At #UCFCHPS, we’re transforming healthcare and improving lives.

Where we’re going, we don’t need roads 🚗✨ @UCF’s CARD is teaming up with the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation to bring immersive VR driver education to neurodiverse adults—building confidence and independence without the traffic jams. 😉🚦

Is childhood obesity missing a simple solution? With a new $453K NIH grant, @ucf_HS Associate Professor Keith Brazendale is studying whether free summer camp could help kids stay healthier. ucf.edu/news/could-thi…

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A high-tech escape room for a phonetics final exam? Future SLPs worked in teams to solve clues written in the International Phonetic Alphabet using touchscreen walls in an interactive simulation suite. #HealthcareEducation #EdTech

Join our team! We invite applications for a 9-month, tenure-earning assistant professor or tenured associate professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Learn more and apply at: jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assistant…

Ready for a career advancing the future of speech, language and hearing sciences? We're now accepting applications for Fall 2026 admission to our new Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Apply and learn more: healthprofessions.ucf.edu/communication-…

From space to Earth 🌍🚀 Associate Professor Ethan Hill's research led to exercise strategies to maintain muscle strength in astronauts. Now, his work is helping seniors and people with MS build stronger, more resilient bodies. Learn more: ucf.edu/news/ucf-resea…

Born from the space race. Built to reach for the stars. Still daring to go farther. Welcome to Space Week at #SpaceU.

.@UCF_Kinesiology junior Sara spent her summer focusing on exercise under the Costa Rican sun, studying abroad in San Jose, Costa Rica, where she took a course centered around personal fitness and wellness. healthprofessions.ucf.edu/news/knight-li…

At UCF’s Rehabilitation Innovation Center, we’re partnering with the AARP @AgeTechCollab to improve people's lives as they age. @ucfcsd student Karilyn Brudzinski demos Joe & Bella’s adaptive clothing—making dressing easier, safer and more dignified.

💪 Join us for our second speaker in the Research Seminar Series with a presentation from Professor Eduardo De Souza from The University of Tampa on Friday, October 17th at 12:00 p.m.! Find the link to join virtually here👇 events.ucf.edu/event/3909076/…

💡 At UCF’s Rehabilitation Innovation Center, we’re empowering people to age with independence through #AssistiveTech. The Lotus Ring in our Smart Apartment lets users control lights, fans, and TVs with a point and click—no app, WiFi, or rewiring needed.

🎉Congrats to the FAAST Center at @ucfcsd on 20 years of empowering independence through #assistivetech! The celebration featured an AT Fair with community partners and a presentation from @FAASTInc leaders recognizing the incredible work of #UCF faculty and students.

Meet Sully,@UCFSocialWork first PARO robotic seal. Kim Gryglewicz and Susanny Beltran will work with MSW students in a new study that will explore how PARO robots may ease loneliness and spark meaningful connections for older adults living with dementia. ucf.edu/news/social-wo…

🎉Happy 10th Birthday, #UCF Go Baby Go! 🚘🏁 This innovative program celebrates a decade of retrofitting toy cars for children with mobility challenges, giving them more independence and a boost on physical, cognitive and social development.

Rehabilitation—like physical, occupational, and speech therapy—can make a big difference in the lives of people with dementia and those that care for them. These therapies help people stay independent, active, safe, and connected to others. Join us and special guest expert Nicole Dawson, PT, PhD, FNAP from the @UCFCHPS on Wed., Oct. 1 at Noon ET. Register today for this live webinar at bit.ly/4pdpCtg.

For #HCSimWeek, we explored dysphagia management through immersive simulation at our Rehabilitation Innovation Center—featuring manikins, standardized patients & case-based learning. Thanks to Assoc. Instructor Todd Fix @ucfcsd for leading this dynamic experience!

CHPS researchers are looking for participants to test the effects of sprint interval training on physical working capacity at pain intensity threshold (PWCPIT). Did we mention you could receive a $15 or $40 Amazon gift card? Check the link in bio to learn more and participate!

Senior Danika Tinana is studying social work and clinical psychology and has used her time at UCF to immerse herself in different experiences, both locally and internationally.🌎Watch the latest Knight Life episode & join Tinana on her journey abroad! 👇 youtu.be/4i3WyrOsxoQ?si…

The @ucf_ieprs Research Seminar Series is back this fall! 💪 We're kicking it off with a presentation from Professor Jose Antonio from Nova Southeastern University on Friday, September 5th at 11:30 a.m.! Can't make it in person? Join virtually here: events.ucf.edu/event/3909072/…