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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
Report: Vaccination rollout won’t prevent third wave of COVID-19
Tampa Bay is beginning to feel the effects of the third wave of coronavirus, and the vaccine won’t be able to stop it in time. The Pfizer vaccine started being administered to health professionals Dec. 14; however, mass distribution likely won’t begin until the spring. In the meantime, social distancing measures will be vital in stopping the spread of COVID-19 (USF Newsroom).
Jr Scientist program expands their virtual reach with help from USF College of Marine Science students
Developed in 2014 by CMS students, the goal of the Jr Scientist program is to give middle and high school students the opportunity to volunteer at the festival, as a way to engage them in science.
December 11, 2020Research, Student Research
Three USF Sarasota-Manatee campus professors among world’s top researchers
Three professors from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus – Faizan Ali, Thomas Becker and James Unnever – have been included in a database of the top 160,000 scientists worldwide, placing them among the elite in their fields across all disciplines.
December 10, 2020Research
Three USF Faculty Members Elected New National Academy of Inventors Fellows
As prolific inventors, this year’s faculty honorees developed cutting-edge technology to fight diseases and improve lives (USFRI Newsroom).
December 8, 2020Global Research, Honors and Awards, Innovation
University of South Florida to launch new COVID-19 training program for nurses as cases climb
The University of South Florida is launching a new COVID-19 training program for nurses (ABC News).
December 8, 2020Health
USF researchers develop web portals to map COVID-19 by ZIP code, forecast outbreaks
The Florida COVID-19 Hub is tweaked to harness data the USF research community and its partners at Tampa General Hospital can apply to their own research (83 Degrees).
December 8, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF Health, TGH tackle infectious, emerging diseases via new collaborative medical research efforts
An entire team of physician leaders from TGH and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine will serve the Institute, from the inpatient clinical care to the outpatient clinics to teaching and research (83 Degrees).
Report: Social distancing and face masks will help crush COVID-19 pandemic by late April
USF-developed computer model projects social mitigation measures will have a dramatic effect on how quickly Tampa Bay recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic (USF Newsroom).
USF research team uncovers significant reason older adults are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack
A team of researchers in the USF Department of Surgery has made a key discovery as to why we become more susceptible to heart disease as we age. The human body, especially the heart, is dependent on the mitochondria, the part of the cell responsible for producing energy to maintain organ function. The protein, Sesn2, is located inside the mitochondria and plays a pivotal role in protecting the heart from stress (USF Newsroom).
USF Health and Tampa General Hospital selected to participate in the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine Phase 3 clinical trial
USF Health and Tampa General Hospital have been selected as a site for a clinical trial testing the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine for COVID-19. They join over 100 research sites expecting to enroll more than 30,000 adult participants as part of the global search for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent COVID-19 (USF Newsroom).
Education Matters: The Importance of Research at USF Sarasota Manatee
Research paves the way to discovery and provides students unique experiential learning opportunities, strengthening creative and critical thinking. Today's incoming freshmen are tomorrow's leading artisans, educators, writers, inventors and trail blazers (Sarasota Scene Magazine, pp. 84-86).
December 1, 2020Research
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