UCF Athletic Training Program

02/19/2026

Free to attend and free, onsite parking. Register now at https://HealthyAgingFair2026.eventbrite.com

02/18/2026

⚽🥏🥌 MAT has the BEST friends.
Eric Greeno, DPT and Bill Biaggi, ATC, DPT from presented to our first year students on Orthotic Intervention. Thank you so much to Eric and Bill for their time, knowledge, and wisdom!

02/13/2026

Happy (early) Valentine's Day from the bottom of our CHPS heart! 💛🖤

02/12/2026

02/12/2026

Faculty and students in CHPS are currently seeking participants for more than two dozen active research studies! Show them some 💗 and consider signing up to help us advance the future of health and wellness. Explore what's available: https://healthprofessions.ucf.edu/research/studies/

02/11/2026

What a night! Alumni, faculty, staff and friends gathered at the Innovation Gateway for the College of Health Professions and Sciences’ 2nd Annual Alumni Celebration.

Attendees “beamed” into our hologram machine, explored our immersive simulation suite, and stepped inside our new anechoic chamber while connecting with old and new friends and enjoying food, signature cocktails and entertainment.

The well-attended event included tours of the Rehabilitation Innovation Center, the Communication Technologies Research Center, the Aphasia House, the FAAST Center and the Mobile Health Clinic. Guests had a firsthand look at some of our innovative technology and the transformational spaces used for teaching, research, clinical practice and community service.

02/08/2026

Faculty member Carlos Gual presented at SEATA yesterday - Vital for a Reason: Trending Signs in Sports Medicine Emergencies.

SEATA wrapped up today! Everybody is headed home or already asleep! 😴

02/06/2026

Congratulations to UCF AT Alum Tyler Killinger who was awarded Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year by SEATA today!

02/06/2026

The opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Games takes place today and as the world turns its attention to watching the best athletes in the world compete, WESH 2 News stopped by CHPS to talk about what it really takes to train at an Olympic level.

Jeff Stout, Director of UCF’s School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, says it starts with genetics, a lot of hard work, and thousands of hours spent refining highly technical skills. Over the years, he has worked with everyone from NASCAR pit crews to Olympians, and now the Olympic dream is close to home, with his daughter training in hopes of representing Team USA in judo at the next Summer Games.

According to Stout, no Olympian gets there alone. Behind every athlete is a team of coaches, sport scientists, nutritionists, physicians and sports psychologists, and often it is the mental side that separates podium winners from the rest of the field.

With the Winter Games around the corner, it's hard not to watch in awe and wonder what it really takes to train at that level.

02/06/2026

02/06/2026

UCF MAT is in Atlanta for the SEATA Clinical Symposium and Education Expo! Several hundred certified athletic trainers and students network, learn and have fun together today through Saturday.

11/14/2025

Can AI help that aching feeling in your lower-back? Associate Professor and READY Lab Director Colby Mangum in the UCF Athletic Training Program is working on a study that may find out.

Mangum is collecting ultrasound imaging data on those who suffer from lower-back pain and those who don't. This data will help train AI about the human body and could lead to more efficient ultrasound analysis and faster diagnoses.

Mangum and UCF College of Medicine Associate Professor Laura Brattain, Mangum's research partner and an expert in biomedical AI, met with WESH2 to give a deeper look at their study. Watch the full interview below:
https://www.wesh.com/article/ucf-researchers-marrying-ultrasound-ai-treat-back-pain/69241611