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The ßÙßÇÂþ»­ has launched a project sponsored by Microsoft to help tackle the threat of emerging infectious diseases (Tampa Bay Inno).

July 21, 2021Health, Innovation, Research

The researchers are looking at how a variety of external risk factors, like diet, stress and exposure to pollution or viruses, can help cause Type 1 diabetes (WUSF).

July 16, 2021Health, Research

Jeffrey Krischer, director of USF’s Health Informatics Institute and lead researcher on the study, has been examining the disease for nearly 20 years (Health News Florida).

July 16, 2021Health, Research

USF-developed AI system unites global agencies to identify emerging infectious diseases, receives support from Microsoft

Leadership in providing with the public consistent projections of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations has prompted the launch of a USF-led global modeling project sponsored by Microsoft that can ultimately help scientists more swiftly identify and respond to the threat of emerging infectious diseases (USF Newsroom).

July 14, 2021Global Research, Health, Research

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ total expected funds of $69.9 million over the next four years to continue the follow-up of study participants in The Environment Determinants of Diabetes in The Young consortium (USF Newsroom).

July 13, 2021Health, Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ total expected funds of $69.9 million over the next four years to continue the follow-up of study participants in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) consortium (News-Medical.net).

July 13, 2021Health, Research

The five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will support the research of Moffitt’s Lung Cancer Metabolism Group, which is working on four projects to develop new therapies (WUSF).

July 2, 2021Health, Research

Port Tampa Bay and the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ College of Nursing have partnered on a project to bring a primary care clinic to the port — the first of its kind in the U.S. (Bay News 9).

July 1, 2021Health

A new article in Nature puts a spotlight on USF College of Marine Science Professor Mya Breitbart’s exploration of the vast, hidden world of viruses and the heightened importance of studying viruses amid COVID-19.

June 30, 2021Health, Research

Kyaien Conner, behavioral sciences professor at USF and researcher of racial health disparities within the Black community, has faced the mistreatment of low-income minority women in Florida firsthand, inspiring her to help create legislation to help combat it (USF Oracle).

June 29, 2021Health, Research

USF Zimmerman School students create COVID-19 vaccination campaign being implemented by professional business organization

The Manasota Black Chamber of Commerce (MBCC) is in the process of implementing a campaign created by students in the USF Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications that would assist in its efforts to encourage communities of color to get the COVID-19 vaccine (USF Newsfeed).

June 29, 2021Health, Student Research

A blood gene profile associated with a high risk of dying from a severe lung disease can also predict poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19, according to a multicenter retrospective study led by the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Health. (USF Health).

June 22, 2021Health, Research