Immunotherapy is making headlines for saving the lives of hundreds of cancer patients, including former President Jimmy Carter. However, many of these therapies only work for a small portion of people who have a specific molecule called PDL1 in their cancer makeup. UCF College of Medicine cancer researcher Dr. Alicja Copik has just discovered a way to make that therapy viable … [Read more...]
Teamwork, Education, Environment Help Curb Smoking
Almost 50 percent fewer students are smoking since UCF declared itself a smoke-free campus in 2012. And that improvement shows the power of teamwork, education and the environment in improving health. Six years ago, when our university decided to go smoke-free to improve health, UCF Student Health Services (SHS) took the lead and launched a marketing campaign that focused on … [Read more...]
Mayor Buddy Dyer Speaks on Progression, Innovation and Collaboration
The Past Shapes a City, the Present Influences a City and the Future Defines a City Mayor Buddy Dyer made his keynote address at a business luncheon on Friday, July 27, in Lake Nona’s GuideWell Innovation CORE building. The Lake Nona Regional Chamber of Commerce holds a monthly business luncheon sponsored by yours truly, Nonahood News. Buddy Dyer has been mayor of Orlando … [Read more...]
City of Orlando: A Memo From Commissioner Jim Gray
Plans to widen Narcoossee Road from four to six lanes between the Beachline and Highway 417 are still on schedule with improvements set to begin in January 2019. In addition to expanding Narcoossee’s road capacity, we will redesign the intersections at Lake Nona Boulevard, Moss Park Road and Dowden Road to better accommodate today’s traffic patterns. Final engineering is … [Read more...]
Lake Nona – You’re Now Part of Our New Academic Health Sciences Center
When classes began at UCF last month, the Lake Nona community became part of the university’s new Academic Health Sciences Center (AHSC). And I hope you will be as excited as I am about the opportunities that lie before us. This new center brings together all of UCF’s health-related colleges and programs with the goal of increased opportunities for interprofessional education, … [Read more...]
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