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'Secret shopper' survey finds women in Florida have difficulty accessing prenatal care, opioid treatment
Researchers found that only 25 percent of prescribers who offer opioid treatment and 64 percent of opioid treatment programs offer appointments to women, regardless of insurance or pregnancy status.
Psilera and USF Collaborators at Morsani College of Medicine Receive Additional Funding to Support Preclinical Studies on New Chemical Entities
The Florida High Tech Corridor matched Psilera's contribution for research focused on developing novel derivatives of DMT with non-hallucinogenic properties for mental health and addiction disorders.
USF doctor's national study of asthma treatments for Black and Latino patients a first of its kind
In the first study to look at asthma treatments for Black and Latino patients, researchers at the University of South Florida and around the nation spent more than three years developing solutions to historic inequities in care.
March 7, 2022Health
Morsani College of Medicine researchers win state grants to combat Alzheimer’s, heart disease
Two researchers from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have received Florida Department of Health (FDOH) grants to help advance discoveries in Alzheimer’s disease and in tobacco-related heart disease.
Poor sleep can triple risk for heart disease
Individual aspects of poor sleep can be detrimental to heart health. But if you combine them, the risk of heart disease can increase by as much as 141 percent. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
USF awarded five-year, $1.35 million NIH institutional grant to train scientists in vascular inflammation and injury research
The University of South Florida recently received a highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Training Grant, boosting the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine’s (MCOM) capacity to prepare the next generation of scientists in an emerging area of research applicable to many major diseases.
Multicontinental Team Uses Ecology to Understand Cancer
Cancer is more than just a disease of the genes or a disease of unregulated proliferation. It is a speciation event where a cell lineage of the person goes from serving the person to becoming its own novel, single-celled pathogen.
COVID-19 pills may bring 2-year pandemic to an end, but they're hard to find
As Pfizer and Merck’s new antiviral COVID-19 pills begin to arrive in pharmacies across the country, disease researchers say this could be the end of a nearly two-year pandemic. "I think we’re starting to get to the end of this thing. We’ve got a lot of arrows in our quiver that we can use to fight this thing now," says Dr. Thomas Unnasch, a professor in Global Infectious Disease Research at USF Health.
January 20, 2022Health
USF Health studies how diet affects gut, oral microbiomes linked to brain health in older adults
The new research may help identify measures to prevent or delay mild cognitive impairment and dementia (USF Health).
January 7, 2022Health
USF expert gives projection on when omicron cases will peak in Florida
Dr. Thomas Unnasch, an infectious disease expert at the University of South Florida, predicts cases will continue to climb over the next one to two weeks before quickly dropping (WFLA).
Top 10 Health Research Stories of 2021
USF Health researchers forged ahead with new discoveries and innovations over the last year. Check out our countdown to the Top 10 Most Read Health Research Stories of 2021.
December 17, 2021Health
Philanthropist Timothy Ubben gives $5 million to USF Health to fight pulmonary fibrosis
The University of South Florida announced a $5 million gift to the USF Foundation from Timothy Ubben to create the Ubben Family Center for Pulmonary Fibrosis. Housed in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the center will increase research to fight pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that causes lung scarring.
December 13, 2021Health
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