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Every picture in USF professor’s PhotoVoice project tells a story about young people’s mental health
In USF Sarasota-Manatee campus assistant professor Margaret McGladrey's recent PhotoVoice project, young people used photography to illustrate topics related to mental health and mental illness.
USF Health researchers show how the placenta protects fetus in the womb against viral infections
Give credit to your dad’s gene for keeping you safe during those long months in your mother’s womb. Because without this genetic warrior, you might have succumbed to any number of viral infections that otherwise could be fatal to a fetus. A new paper published this week in the journal Cell Host & Microbe explains the mechanisms behind this anti-viral protection.
USF Audiology and USF Health ENT faculty mentor Malawi audiology students
The students recently presented the findings of their collaborative research project.
May 1, 2023Global Research, Health, Student Research
Humans will break the longevity record and live past 122, study says - Popular Mechanics
A new study from Po-Lin Wang, an assistant professor in the Baldwin Risk Partners School of Risk Management and Insurance, proposes that not only will we soon be seeing longer lifespans, but humans will also surpass all age records in the near future. Apparently, the longest-living generations are soon to come.
Dr. Karen Liller named AAHB Fellow
Dr. Karen Liller, a Distinguished University Health Professor in the USF College of Public Health, was recently named a fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB).
USF researchers focus on the ‘Achilles heel’ of drug-resistant bacteria: Cell division
The World Health Organization (WHO) labels antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections as one of the biggest threats to human health in the world today.
Researchers are using data mining to learn more about diabetes cases that don’t fit the usual labels
In the ongoing research and treatment of diabetes, the focus is typically on the two forms of the disease that dominate public awareness. Type 1 is caused by the immune system attacking the cells that produce insulin, so that the person requires insulin therapy for life; type 2 is frequently associated with obesity and lack of exercise, resulting in insulin resistance.
February 1, 2023Health, Innovation, Research
USF and Florida Blue host inaugural forum on AI and data for healthcare
The event was the first in what organizers say will be a series of collaborative conferences related to AI and data between USF and Florida Blue. USF’s Center for Analytics and Creativity helped organize the conference.
January 27, 2023Health
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
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
USF Health leads research in using the human voice to diagnose and treat diseases
A new study being led by the University of South Florida and Weill Cornell Medicine called "Voice as a Biomarker of Health," is "collecting human voices to link them to medical information to diagnose a certain disease or to screen for certain diseases with voice," said Dr. Yael Bensoussan, director of the USF Health Voice Center and assistant professor of Laryngology.
December 7, 2022Health
USF Health, Tampa General Hospital Join FSR Sarcoidosis Clinic Alliance
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the collaborative pulmonology program of USF Health have joined the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) Global Sarcoidosis Clinic Alliance to advance care and research in sarcoidosis.
December 2, 2022Health
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