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USF Professors Ferreira and Saddow Earn Prestigious AIMBE Honors

USF Molecular Medicine Professor Gloria Ferreira and College of Engineering Professor Stephen Saddow have been chosen as new Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, one of the nation’s most prestigious organizations recognizing leaders in medical and biological engineering innovation.

February 15, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

Five USF Faculty Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

The National Academy of Inventors has named to its new class of Senior Members five USF faculty members who have devoted their careers to inventing high-tech tools for a myriad of applications and blazing a trail for the next generation of innovators.

February 11, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

USF's patent production is gaining on University of Florida

While the University of Florida, with its 168-year history, has long been heralded as a standard for higher education innovation, the University of South Florida is making gains that could soon put the two on equal footing (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

February 5, 2021Innovation, Research

Cutting-edge innovations to fight disease, enhance learning win USF’s Excellence in Innovation Awards

Faculty inventors who created new technologies and applications to address COVID-19, malaria and literacy barriers are lauded in annual awards (USFRI Newsroom).

February 1, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

Satellites engineered by USF students and faculty launch during world record mission

Three of the 143 satellites aboard spaceflight company SpaceX’s first dedicated rideshare mission were engineered by students and faculty at the USF Institute of Applied Engineering (College of Engineering).

January 29, 2021Innovation, Student Research

USF developing a blood test to 'predict' whether you'll die of COVID-19

Doctors at USF Health are working on a test that could predict how bad your reaction will be to the coronavirus before you even develop any symptoms. USF Health hopes to have trials started by this year (ABC Action News).

January 22, 2021Health, Innovation, Research

USF researcher’s exploration of toxic Tiger Rattlesnake venom advances application of genetic science techniques

In deciphering a simple, but particularly deadly venom, the research opens avenues for exploration of how genes produce traits (USF Newsroom).

January 19, 2021Innovation, Research

Innovations Magazine

See the newest issue of Innovations Magazine, spotlighting the student successes, vital research and groundbreaking initiatives on USF's St. Petersburg campus during the historic and challenging year of 2020 (Issuu).

January 8, 2021Innovation

USF volcanology team develops new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions

A USF geosciences team has developed a new way to reconstruct the sizes of volcanic eruptions that occurred thousands of years ago, creating a first-of-its kind tool that can aid scientists in understanding past explosive eruptions that shaped the earth and improve the way of estimating hazards of future eruptions (USF Newsroom).

January 4, 2021Global Research, Innovation, Research

USF, Tampa General Hospital need 250 volunteers for new COVID-19 vaccine trial

University of South Florida Health and Tampa General Hospital are partnering to take part in phase-3 clinical trials. Research physicians are looking for more than 250 volunteers in the Tampa Bay region to take part in the late-stage trial (Fox 13 News).

December 31, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

New Joint Effort From TGH and USF Could Bring Cutting Edge Clinical Research to Tampa Bay

Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida Health recently created a joint office of clinical research that officials said could ultimately help it rival some of the best academic medical centers in the nation (Bay News 9).

December 28, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Happy Holidays from USF Research & Innovation

Watch our holiday video: We wish you and yours a safe and happy holiday season, as we look forward with hope and courage to the New Year.

December 17, 2020Innovation, Research

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