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USF Health, Northwell Health, Tampa General and Formlabs earn national recognition for 3D-printed nasal swab used in pandemic
The University of South Florida (USF) has been awarded the Patents for Humanity award by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its patent of the 3D-printed nasopharyngeal (NP) swab, created in the early part of the pandemic as a solution to the disrupted commercial production of standard flocked NP swabs critical in diagnostic testing for COVID-19.
January 12, 2023Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation
Initiative to reduce unwanted teen pregnancy and trafficking receives $800k U.S. Department of Health grant
A research project spearheaded by faculty on the USF St. Petersburg and Tampa campuses working with community partners locally and in Savannah, Georgia seeks to reduce unintended teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and incidents of trafficking for marginalized youth.
January 11, 2023Research
Innovations Magazine 2023
Delve into the newest issue of Innovations Magazine, spotlighting the student successes, vital research and impactful community and global initiatives on USF's St. Petersburg campus during the past year.
January 9, 2023Innovation, Research
Public transportation agency sees boost in ridership following USF eye-tracking research
As part of a collaboration with the Florida Department of Transportation, researchers from the USF Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), a College of Public Health Social Marketing expert and the Muma College of Business Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation tested a variety of materials from Commuter Assistance Programs across the country to develop data-driven marketing guidelines to improve the effectiveness of commuter marketing efforts.
January 4, 2023Research
Two USF faculty members elected Fellows of IEEE
Dr. Robert Frisina and Dr. Richard Heller were recognized for their discoveries and applications for medical engineering.
January 3, 2023Honors and Awards
Your Healthy Family: Can doctors diagnose disease using voice?
A new study led by USF Health, Dr. Bensoussan, and Cornell Medicine uses the human voice to diagnose and treat diseases and mood disorders, like depression.
December 23, 2022Health, Innovation
Three Florida universities crack top 100 of National Science Foundation research rankings
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its 2021 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) data, with three Florida universities — the University of Florida (UF), the University of South Florida (USF), and Florida State University (FSU) — appearing in the top 100 of research expenditure.
December 20, 2022Research
Mitigating volcano hazards: USF students and alumna travel to Hawaii to study Mauna Loa eruption
A team from the University of South Florida is on the ground in Hawaii studying Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, to improve efforts that can help protect residents from lava flow.
December 19, 2022Research
Happy Holidays from USF Research & Innovation
View our Holiday Video recapping the important and inspiring research our faculty have been doing throughout 2022.
December 15, 2022Research
USF professor talks red tide research after blooms spotted in the area
Chaunmin Hu, a professor at the University of South Florida, says he has been researching red tide for 25 years and has been watching for blooms due to recent storms. Since Hurricane Ian, he says red tide has traveled north from Sarasota to beaches in Pinellas county.
December 9, 2022Research
Two USF faculty members receive honors from National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Barry Bercu and Dr. Sylvia Thomas earn one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for academic inventors, being recognized for their breakthrough discoveries and inventions advancing diagnosis and treatment for challenging diseases.
December 8, 2022Honors and Awards, Innovation
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots to Streamline Customer Service Tasks
A new study performed at the University of South Florida analyzes how emotion-expressing AI chatbots have the potential to impact customer service. This comes as online retailers make greater use of artificial intelligence chatbots to simplify customer service tasks and substitute their human counterparts.
December 8, 2022Innovation, Research
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