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USF Supports COVID-19 Research Partnerships in New Round of Seed Grants
Newly funded projects from the third round of USF's Rapid Response Research Grant program (USFRI Newsroom).
September 2, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF supports COVID-19 research partnerships with new seed grants
Projects link USF faculty researchers with community organizations, companies to implement discoveries and innovations (USFRI Newsroom).
USF Health was among top U.S. medical centers to test new ALS treatment shown to significantly benefit patients
This week’s New England Journal of Medicine reported results of the pivotal CENTAUR clinical trial; the USF Health ALS Clinic was one of only two sites in Florida for the study (USF Health).
September 2, 2020Health
USF researchers study the effectiveness of innovative pooled testing method for COVID-19
More than 300 University of South Florida student-athletes and USF Athletics staff members are participating in a feasibility study of the effectiveness of pooled testing for COVID-19, led by researchers from USF Health (USF Newsroom).
August 31, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Molekule, the USF-patented clean tech startup, adds 'Game of Thrones' star to investor lineup
Maisie Williams, an actor most known for her role on "Game of Thrones," has invested an undisclosed amount into Molekule. The company's co-founder Yogi Goswami is the director of USF's Clean Energy Research Center and Molekule itself was patented at the university and has research facilities in the school (Tampa Bay Inno).
August 24, 2020Entrepreneurship, Health, Innovation
USF researchers aim to predict when coronavirus cases go bad
Using data from wearable devices, they hope to learn if the body sends clues before symptoms get worse (Tampa Bay Times).
August 11, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Tampa Bay hospital admissions directly correlated with mobility data, USF research finds
Data scientists from the University of South Florida have developed a new model to predict the spread of COVID-19 throughout Tampa Bay using mobile data (WFLA).
July 22, 2020Health, Innovation
USF Health researcher wins $6.25 million NHLBI Outstanding Investigator Award
Physician-scientist Dr. Sarah Yuan will expand her nationally prominent microvascular research program to include COVID-19.
July 22, 2020Health
USF Health researchers use firefly glow enzyme to better understand COVID-19, risk groups
Rather than handling the live virus in the study, researchers are using a safer, COVID-19 pseudotype, which also holds the same enzyme that gives fireflies their glow (WFTS).
July 22, 2020Health, Innovation
A New Use for USF Tech that Predicts Falls for the Elderly: Social Distancing
A system designed and patented at USF to predict if an elderly person might fall has been adapted to help businesses enforce social distancing guidelines in the age of COVID-19.
July 21, 2020Health
USF is using wearable tech to study coronavirus effects
The University of South Florida is working on wearable technology that aims to detect the progression of coronavirus in people most at risk (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
July 10, 2020Health, Innovation
A computer simulation shows how different strategies could stem coronavirus
USF researchers took data from Miami-Dade and modeled what masks and contact tracing, among other strategies, would do (Tampa Bay Times).
July 9, 2020Health, Innovation
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