Needa Brown

Age is considered a risk factor for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive form of the disease that can be difficult to treat, particularly in later stages. But age may also be a factor in treatment response, causing some women to fare better with immune therapy than others. UCF researchers Needa Brown and Aleksandra Petelski-Kulik,…

A UCF materials science researcher is poised to make an international impact on the next generation of scientists with her induction to an elite institution. Assistant Professor Needa Brown was accepted into the Global Young Academy (GYA), an organization that gives early-career researchers a platform to collaborate on societal challenges at an international scale. The…

The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science is making an impact in areas such as hypersonic technology, nanomedicine and biomedical engineering, and robotics and autonomous systems – and has hired a new group of faculty who will enhance its reputation in these fields. Seventeen new faculty members will join four of the six departments…