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The Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute building in downtown Tampa

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Strengthens its Presence in Downtown Tampa with New TGH Agreement

Tampa General Hospital is leasing up to 25,000 square feet of space in the new USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute building now nearing completion in downtown Tampa, creating even more synergy with the university and its primary teaching hospital.

June 24, 2019USF Health, University News

USF nursing student and United States Air Force veteran Grete Lenz

Pat Tillman Foundation Awards Scholarship to USF Student Veteran

University of South Florida nursing student and United States Air Force veteran Grete Lenz is part of an elite group from around the country selected this week as 2019 Tillman Scholars.

June 13, 2019USF Health, University News

The 2019 Morsani College of Medicine graduating class

Morsani College of Medicine Welcomes Nation’s Newest Doctors & Bids Farewell to USF President

More than 1,000 friends and family of USF Health senior medical students packed The Mahaffey Theatre to welcome the nation’s newest doctors and bid farewell to University of South Florida System President Judy Genshaft.

May 13, 2019USF Health

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

USF to Award Florida’s First Master’s Degrees for Genetic Counseling

The University of South Florida is the only institution in Florida with an accredited genetic counseling graduate program. The first cohort of students graduate this week from the USF Health College of Public Health.

May 2, 2019USF Health, University News

Liwang Cui, PhD, works at a whiteboard

USF Receives New NIH Grant to Help Eliminate Malaria in Southeast Asia

The new grant helps supplement ambitious efforts by researchers and public health officials working toward eliminating all malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by 2030.

April 24, 2019Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, USF Health

Dr. Lockwood and USF Health staff wear hard hats and vests inside the construction site at Water Street.

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute Enters Next Phase of Construction

The 13-story building in the center of downtown Tampa is now fully enclosed, allowing for the progression of interior construction.

April 23, 2019USF Health, University News

Stock photo of a person holding an asthma inhaler

“Bronchi on a Chip” Could Lead to Better Therapies for Difficult-to-Treat Asthma

A collaborative team, including USF Health’s Dr. Stephen Liggett, uses the new airway model to analyze the mechanisms of bronchial spasms.

April 12, 2019USF Health

Lab tech Zachary Graham and Dr. Dishaw look over culture plates of bacterial biofilms stained with crystal violet. The bacteria were recovered from the gut of the sea squirts.

Sea Squirt’s Microbiome Offers Clues to Frontline Immune Defense, Gut Health

National Science Foundation research by USF Health’s Larry Dishaw has relevance for debilitating digestive disorders like inflammatory bowel disease.

March 26, 2019Research and Innovation, USF Health

Mascots for USF and the Tampa Bay Lightning posing together.

USF, Lightning Partnership Produces Big Benefits

USF Presenting Night at Amalie Arena takes place March 9.

March 8, 2019USF Athletics, USF Health, University News

Shawn Zamani

Recent USF Graduate Awarded a Prestigious Gates Cambridge International Scholarship

Shawn Zamani, who came to the U.S. only six years ago knowing very little English, becomes one of a small group of students in the nation to receive this award.

February 14, 2019Honors and Awards, USF Health, University News

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

Four USF Faculty Members Named Inaugural National Academy of Inventors Senior Members

Four USF faculty members whose inventions are on the cutting edge of discovery in environmental technology, metabolic therapies, drug discovery and assistive devices were announced Monday as new members of the inaugural class of the National Academy of Inventors Senior Members.

February 11, 2019Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, USF Health, University News

Willamina Folks

Air Force Nurse Juggling Master’s Program, Civilian Life

For Willamina Folks, striking a balance between her military and civilian life is second nature. Folks is in the master’s program at the USF College of Nursing. She also works as a medical ICU nurse at Tampa General Hospital and continues to train in her role as a flight nurse in the Air Force Reserves.

February 2, 2019USF Health

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