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New Method Gives Glaucoma Researchers Control Over Eye Pressure
Neuroscientists at the University of South Florida have become the first to definitively prove pressure in the eye is sufficient to cause and explain glaucoma (USF Newsroom).
February 24, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Variety and Consistency are Essential to Keep the Mind Healthy
A new study from the University of South Florida (USF) finds a key piece to maintaining cognitive function throughout adulthood is to stay active and engaged in diverse activities regularly (USF Newsroom).
How startups and small businesses can power innovation through research
Conner Prochaska, David Conrad and Svetlana Shtrom discussed how researchers and innovators in private industry and academia can get their ideas to market (Catalyst).
February 17, 2020Innovation, Research
USF Works with Local Community to Uncover the Legacies of Those Forgotten
As forgotten burial grounds continue to be discovered around Tampa Bay, the University of South Florida and Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) are working with local officials and community members to rediscover unmarked graves and identify those forgotten there (USF Newsroom).
February 14, 2020Research
USF Health Research Day
USF Health Research Day will be take place on February 21, 2020 at the Marshall Student Center. The event features original research from the students, faculty, and staff affiliated with USF Health.
Colossal Oysters Have Disappeared from Florida’s Most ‘Pristine’ Coastlines
Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much of Florida’s northern Gulf Coast. Today, those oysters have disappeared, leaving behind a new generation roughly a third smaller – a massive decline that continues to have both economic and environmental impacts on a region considered by many to be the last remaining unspoiled coastlines in the Gulf. The loss of these colossal oysters is at the center of new research from an interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of South Florida (USF Newsroom).
February 5, 2020Research
USF & C-IMAGE Consortium Reveal Significant Takeaways from Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Research
After nearly ten years of research, hundreds of international scientists are revealing their findings on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill. They’re attending the final Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem (GoMOSES) conference hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), an independent research program established following the BP oil spill. (USF Newsroom).
February 4, 2020Research
USF researchers to begin searching for possible lost graves in Robles Park
Archeologists continued the search for forgotten graves in Tampa Monday, using ground-penetrating radar to search part of an old cemetery on Sligh Avenue. Dr. Thomas Pluckhahn, a USF archeologist, has been overseeing much of the ground-penetrating radar searches (Fox 13 News).
February 3, 2020Research
New medication may reverse hearing loss
Millions of people suffer from age-related hearing loss. While there are options for those who are struggling to hear, a new medicine to treat hearing loss may be on the way. Dr. Robert D. Frisina, director of the Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research at the University of South Florida has found that combining the hormone aldosterone with anti-inflammatory medication can slow hearing loss (WNDU).
Turning to the gut to better understand depression
Can microbes in our digestive track influence our mental state and, if so, how? That's a focus of study by Monica Uddin, Ph.D., a professor in USF's College of Public Health. As part of USF's Initiative on Microbiomes, Uddin wants to better understand how gut microbiota is linked to the symptoms of depression (Medical Xpress).
A Decade After Deepwater Horizon, the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference Explores Future Directions of Marine Oil Spill Research
Experts Discuss How Fundamental Science Has Advanced Our Knowledge of Marine Oil Spills, Gulf Ecosystems, and the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Spill (PR Newswire).
January 15, 2020Research
How climate change could impact Florida
Dr. Rebecca Zarger, from the University of South Florida’s Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Gary Mitchum, from USF’s College of Marine Sciences, discussed how climate change could be impacting our future (WFLA).
January 9, 2020Research
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