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UCF RESTORES Receives $1.4 Million to Expand Support, Suicide Prevention Training for First Responders
UCF RESTORES has received a $1.4 million First Responder Regional Support Grant from the Florida Department of Children and Families to expand its nationally recognized peer support and suicide prevention training for first responders in a 12-county region in Central Florida. The award establishes UCF RESTORES — a leading nonprofit clinical research center and trauma treatment clinic […]
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Grant Offers Mobility for Psychology Researchers
Almost $600,000 in new funding from the U.S. Department of Defense allows researchers studying human behavior to escape the limits of the laboratory. Specifically, the grant funds tools that offer the freedom and mobility to study how people interact with their environments in real time. These include augmented and virtual reality devices, and tools that […]
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UCF RESTORES Clinic Receives Grant to Develop New VR Software to Treat PTSD
By Robert Wells A new $3 million grant from the Department of Defense will help the University of Central Florida’s RESTORES clinic develop its own virtual reality software to treat first responders, veterans, active duty personnel and civilians with post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related disorders. The clinic currently uses third-party software. However, the […]
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College of Sciences Sets New Research Funding Record
The University of Central Florida received a record $183 million in research funding for 2018. It’s a 23 percent increase from last year and a 37 percent increase from 2015. Among the many projects that helped propel UCF’s research funding to its highest ever are the management of one of the world’s most powerful fully operational […]
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UCF RESTORES Clinic Receives $10 million Grant
UCF’s cutting edge RESTORES clinic, which helps people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, has been awarded a $10 million grant to expand its work. The U.S. Army is funding RESTORES to establish programs at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Georgia, Naval Medical Hospital Portsmouth in Virginia and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. […]
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Helping the Helpers
If you build it, they will come. This isn’t the saying that comes to mind when thinking of a facility dedicated to treating anxiety, trauma and PTSD. But it’s been the case for UCF RESTORES, a one-of-a-kind clinic founded by Deborah Beidel, Ph.D., in 2011. “How do you get over a fear of driving? You […]
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Congratulations, 2018 Pegasus Professors!
UCF’s annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation celebrates outstanding achievements of the university’s faculty members, staff and students. Among the recognitions this year are five Pegasus Professors, three from the College of Sciences. View a full list of Founders’ Day Honors Convocation honorees. The Pegasus Professor Award is the highest academic honor an educator can receive at UCF and rewards highly […]
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Couple’s $6.6M Gift Will Boost Many UCF Programs
What do sea turtles, veterans, language programs, science and football have in common? They’ll all be better off thanks to the generosity of Jim and Julia Rosengren, who have committed $6.6 million to support those programs at the University of Central Florida. It is among the largest alumni commitments in university history. Combined with their […]
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College of Sciences Celebrates Scholarships
On Oct. 12, 2017, the College of Sciences celebrated scholarship recipients and donors at the annual Scholarship Luncheon at the Live Oak Event Center. The luncheon serves as a place for students to meet the donors that make their scholarships possible, and for the donors, a chance to see how their scholarships make a difference. […]
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PTSD Intensive-Therapy Approach Proves Highly Effective
Story by Rachel Williams At the University of Central Florida RESTORES Clinic that treats post-traumatic stress disorder, veterans and active military members are put face-to-face with what has caused them anguish. Through virtual reality, patients see bombs detonate and the smell of smoke or gunfire fills their nostrils. It’s like being on the front lines in Iraq […]
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UCF RESTORES to Host PTSD Seminar
UCF RESTORES and the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater Orlando will present a post-traumatic stress disorder awareness seminar on March 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This seminar will be held in Classroom Building II room 206 on UCF’s main campus. UCF RESTORES is a clinical research center dedicated to the study of all […]
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Orlando Sentinel’s Call to Action for UCF RESTORES
Scott Maxwell, contact reporter for the Orlando Sentinel visited UCF RESTORES to learn more about the clinic’s work with those suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Maxwell highlights the success of the clinic and its need for funding. PTSD clinic for veterans running out of money By Scott Maxwell – Contact Reporter – Orlando Sentinel […]
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Giving Lives Back
Story by Zack Thomas and Susan White, UCF Foundation With a major gift commitment, Jim Rosengren ’81 aims to put UCF on the map as a national center of PTSD research and treatment Even when deployment ends, sometimes the war comes home. For Josh Rosengren, a UCF alumnus, the horrors of war followed him back […]
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UCF Volunteers Honored with Governor’s Medal of Unity
Madeline Marks has always wanted to help people. That’s why she is seeking a doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Central Florida. “Everyone has a job,” she said. “Some people’s jobs involve teaching high school, running electrical wires, reporting the news, fighting fires. My job involves helping individuals heal invisible wounds. I’m blessed to […]
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Alumna UKNIGHTS for Orlando’s First Responders
University of Central Florida biology and psychology alumna Melyssa Allen, ’12, worked with departments and organizations across the university to assemble more than 150 care packages for Orlando’s first responders following the tragedy at Pulse nightclub. “I was listening to the radio the day after the tragedy at Pulse and heard that there had been […]
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Distinguished Speaker Series RESTORES
The 2nd talk of the Distinguished Speaker Series was an emotional and moving one, as Deborah Beidel, Ph.D., spoke about Examining Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. On Wednesday, October 21st, Dr. Beidel gave a emotion filled presentation on effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She discussed the symptoms of PTSD, how it develops, who is most likely to develop […]
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Battling PTSD at the UCF RESTORES Clinic
Just reading labels on the rows of little jars seems like enough to trigger a traumatic memory: CORDITE, DIESEL FUEL, BURNING TRASH, BODY ODOR, GUNPOWDER, BURNT HAIR. And if it doesn’t, the carefully concocted scents inside — delivered to patients’ nostrils with precision fans while they “see” corresponding visuals inside high-tech headsets — almost certainly […]