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USF researchers helping fight coronavirus with projects from contact tracing to sterilizing masks
Researchers are moving to quickly help fight the coronavirus and future pandemics. The University of South Florida created a COVID-19 Rapid Response Research grants program. It identified 14 projects for initial funding, with an interdisciplinary range from technology to treatment and social mitigation (ABC Action News).
USF invests over $300K into 14 coronavirus-fighting research projects
USF is investing almost $340,000 into 14 research projects centered on fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The grants are part of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants program (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
USF-patented air purifier receives FDA 510(k) Class II Medical Device Clearance
A technology created at USF by Distinguished University Professor Yogi Goswami has been implemented into the Molekule Air Pro RX, an air purification device that was recently cleared by the FDA as a Class II Medical Device (USF Newsroom).
April 23, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF Creates Pandemic Response Research Network, Invests in Projects Addressing Coronavirus Outbreak
Initiative organizes USF’s research efforts to fight current and future pandemics (USFRI Newsroom).
April 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
In COVID-19 fight, an ‘arsenal’ of treatments being studied in Tampa
University of South Florida researchers, in connection with Tampa General Hospital, are working through nearly 20 clinical trials to find effective treatments or a cure for COVID-19 (WTSP).
In Fight Against COVID-19, USF Clinical Trials Seek Answers
The University of South Florida is conducting 20 clinical trials aimed at finding treatments for COVID-19 (Bay News 9).
Tracking COVID-19 in Tampa Bay
USF aims to identify where clusters of COVID-19 cases are occurring in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties (USF Health).
USF researchers join push to find COVID-19 treatments
The Tampa-based medical teams have launched dozens of coronavirus-related clinical trials aimed at lessening symptoms and preventing the disease (Tampa Bay Times).
COVID-19 Possibly Striking More Children than Expected
The number of children infected with the coronavirus is far more extensive than what is currently reported — a hidden detail that could vastly underestimate the demand on health care systems and pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) (USF Newsroom).
April 16, 2020Health
Formlabs create 3D printed nasal swabs during emergency shortage situation
The University of South Florida (USF) Health, Formlabs, and Northwell Health have announced they have successfully produced and tested a 3D printed nasal swab to address emergency shortages that hospitals and health care teams may face as testing for COVID-19 increases (SelectScience).
April 16, 2020Health, Innovation
Crowdsourced data could help researchers identify COVID-19 hotspots
A new surveillance database could soon show us the locations of new and potential hotspots of COVID-19, thanks to research being done at the University of South Florida College of Public Health (Fox 13 News).
USF Launches Pandemic Response Research Network, Invests in Projects Addressing Outbreak
The University of South Florida is launching the Pandemic Response Research Network™, an interdisciplinary collaboration of its leading scientists whose research addresses the issues surrounding epidemics, and will provide financial seed support for a series of projects aimed at developing potential vaccines, treatments, technologies and social mitigation strategies in the wake of COVID-19.
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