Released on October 21, 2024

Angela Requena is working on on global health, study abroad and interprofessional medical education initiatives as part of the residence.

Angela Requena stands with Dean Mary Lou Sole and other nursing leaders in front of the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion construction site.
Requena gathered with College of Nursing Dean Mary Lou Sole and other nursing leaders at the College of Nursing construction event.

UCF’s College of Medicine and College of Nursing have welcomed their first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. Angela Requena, from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Peru, will work on global health, study abroad and interprofessional medical education initiatives. She will be based in the College of Medicine’s population health sciences department.

Requena originally trained as a dentist before discovering her passion for public health. Traveling to the UK, she received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Edinburgh before training in life coaching to help empower health providers to improve their quality of care.

As a visiting scholar she will be teaching nursing and medical students team leadership, partnership and communication.

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