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A Tampa startup is once again teaming up with the 杏吧性世界 in an effort to boost research 鈥� and elevate the region overall (Tampa Bay Inno).

August 31, 2021Entrepreneurship, Innovation

The Power of Partnerships: $3.5 million federal grant will advance automated driving innovation in rural America

A partnership between USF鈥檚 Center for Urban Transportation and Orlando startup Connected Wise is the basis for a multi-year effort, nationwide research effort.

August 26, 2021Innovation

A local medical technology startup is working with USF Health to make operating rooms more accessible through virtual reality. A study is now underway to examine the effectiveness of this technology in medical training (Fox 13).

August 26, 2021Health, Innovation

Team selected to estimate abundance of Greater Amberjack in South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico

Dr. Steve Murawski is leading a team of scientists that will conduct an independent study to estimate the number of Greater Amberjack in the U.S. waters of the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico regions. The research team, made up of 18 scientists from 13 institutions, was awarded $9 million in federal funds for the two-year project. With matching funds from the institutions, the project will total $11.7 million (USF College of Marine Science).

August 25, 2021Research

The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has been selected by Moderna as one of the approximately 80 sites in the U.S. to hold clinical trials testing the effects of the Moderna vaccine on children (USF Oracle).

August 23, 2021Health, Research

USF researchers launch social media campaign to identify risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Tampa Bay

USF researchers have launched a social media campaign inviting citizen scientists to upload images of mosquitoes found in the Tampa Bay region to the iNaturalist platform, a smartphone app. The app will automatically identify disease-carrying species such as Aedes aegypti, a known transmitter of Zika, dengue and yellow fever (USF Newsroom).

August 20, 2021Research

Jason Salemi is an associate professor at the 杏吧性世界鈥檚 College of Public Health. He's also been an epidemiologist for nearly two decades (Bay News 9).

August 19, 2021Research

This breakthrough could help find the 鈥渟weet spot鈥� for important properties such as adhesion and scratch resistance (Lab Manager).

August 19, 2021Innovation, Research

Computer modeling shows rapid move toward 90% of Floridians resistant to virus (ABC - 25 WPBF News).

August 19, 2021Health, Research

Plastics aren鈥檛 what we think. New study finds they鈥檙e a tad rubbery, paving the way for better products

A breakthrough by researchers at the 杏吧性世界 and collaborating institutions around the world could pave the way for better products, such as improved batteries, automobile paint and cellphone screens (USF Newsroom).

August 18, 2021Innovation, Research

22 USF Faculty Members Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards

The pandemic could not divert USF鈥檚 top faculty researchers from making big discoveries that shape our understanding of the past, present and future.

August 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Research

The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has been selected as a site for a clinical trial testing the Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to less than 11 years.

August 12, 2021Health, Research