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USF Health expands recruitment for elite MD/PhD students
The MD/PhD program at the University of South Florida is designed to train the next generation of physician scientists – physicians who think like researchers and researchers who embed clinical relevance in their research.
November 18, 2024Student Success, USF Health
USF receives surprise $6.5 million gift to support Alzheimer’s research
The estate gift will go toward the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Center & Research Institute – one of the world's largest stand-alone diagnostic facilities offering comprehensive memory care services under one roof. It comes from a recently deceased anonymous benefactor who had regularly donated to the Byrd Alzheimer’s Center in smaller increments since 2002.
November 18, 2024USF Foundation, USF Health
USF and TGH partner with robotics company to become the first to bring life-saving surgical technology to Tampa Bay
The agreement with Medical Microinstruments will help elevate the standard in reconstructive oncology and the care of cancer patients in Florida. It was signed during a special ceremony in Italy, as part of a week-long trade mission led by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
November 15, 2024USF Health, University News
USF Health celebrates Chalsty Pediatric Clinic expansion with $1 million family gift
The USF Health Chalsty Pediatric Clinic offers comprehensive, team-based care to thousands of patients each year. Many of these children are underserved and have complex medical conditions, including sickle cell disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and various rare disorders.
November 14, 2024USF Foundation, USF Health
USF Health awarded $10 million to establish the Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services
Based at the USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa, the state-funded center helps strengthen USF’s presence in the growing Tampa Medical and Research District.
October 29, 2024Community Partnerships, USF Health
USF Health awarded $3.75 million NIH grant to study link between long COVID and Alzheimer’s disease
The funding allows a multidisciplinary team of USF Health researchers to study long COVID’s potential connection to serious neurological impacts that can ultimately lead to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and explore possible interventions.
October 28, 2024COVID-19, Research and Innovation, USF Health
USF Health and Tampa General Hospital enhance academic medicine with increased investment, greater integration
Tampa General will direct more than $162 million to USF Health – an extraordinary investment to support a shared vision between the two affiliated organizations to increase integration, recruit best-in-class providers and advance research initiatives while continuing to grow the region’s economy and create jobs.
August 28, 2024USF Health
USF names new dean for the USF Health College of Public Health
Dr. Sten Vermund is the current president of the Global Virus Network, which recently moved its international headquarters to USF. He joins USF after serving as dean of the Yale School of Public Health and as professor in pediatrics and clinical professor in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the Yale School of Medicine.
August 8, 2024USF Health
FDA approves new Parkinson’s treatment following clinical trial led by USF Health researcher
The new medication lasts longer and requires fewer doses for treating Parkinson’s disease, potentially offering patients significant relief from the disease’s debilitating symptoms. The FDA’s approval is based in part on findings of a study led by Dr. Robert A. Hauser, professor in the Department of Neurology and director of the USF Health Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.
August 8, 2024USF Health
New USF Health partnership to combat severe health care shortage in Jamaica
USF Health leaders are working with Jamaica’s largest hospital to address its serious shortage of health care professionals – helping optimize the efficiency of clinical operations and offer training for oncology nurses.
August 7, 2024Research and Innovation
USF hosts first-ever summer course on using voice and AI as a diagnostic tool
In collaboration with the USF AI+X Institute, USF Health is helping train the next generation of medical professionals through the launch of its first-ever course dedicated to understanding how voice can be used as a biomarker for health.
July 9, 2024Research and Innovation, Student Success, USF Health
New virology team demonstrates the global impact of research at USF Health
The Global Virus Network is relocating its international headquarters to the University of South Florida. With its leader, Dr. Robert Gallo, co-founder of HIV, comes his team of virologists whose expertise embody the importance of collaboration in medicine.
July 2, 2024Research and Innovation, USF Health