USF Health was front and center during the university’s weeklong series of ResearchOne activities, Oct. 11-15, 2010.  ResearchOne, the University of South Florida’s annual celebraton of science, innovation and creativity, highlighted the lastest advances in some of the world’s biggest challenges — from progress in fighting Alzheimer’s disease to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.  David [...] ... [Read]

USF Health faculty members received four of the 10 awards presented Oct. 11 at the Research Exhibition & Faculty Awards Reception in the Interdisciplinary Research Building (IDRB) Galleria. The Outstanding Research Achievement Award rewards faculty who have received truly exceptional recognition of their research with preeminent awards, grants or publications in top journals during the [...] ... [Read]

           The video was no less chilling for showing a villain that was faceless and silent.        The malaria parasite may be tiny, but it kills close to a million people a year.        At the “Research Means Hope” event Tuesday, researcher Michael W. White, PhD, played a video showing the relentless march of the malaria [...] ... [Read]

The USF College of Public Health is a key player in one of 75 competitive federal grants recently awarded across the country to replicate programs proven to lower the pregnancy rate of participants — including programs that focus on more than sex education or abstinence to combat teen pregnancy. The College will work with the Florida [...] ... [Read]

USF, Cryo-Cell and Saneron collaborate on Florida-funded biotech project Tampa, FL (Sept 30, 2010) –- The potential for stem cells derived from menstrual blood to benefit stroke sufferers will be jointly investigated by researchers at the University of South Florida, Cryo-Cell International, Inc. a global stem cell company based in Oldsmar, FL,, and Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, [...] ... [Read]

Preclinical trials will establish dosage and safety Tampa, FL (Oct. 5, 2010) – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $2.6-million grant to the University of South Florida and Tampa-based biotechnology company Saneron-CCEL Therapeutics, Inc., to establish dosing and safety guidelines for transplanting human umbilical cord blood cells (HUBC) into animal models of [...] ... [Read]

The University of South Florida College of Public Health recently received two federal grants totaling $8-million to help train Florida’s public health workforce -- making the college a key player in preparing the state to mount effective public health responses.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded the college $4.75- million over five years to [...] ... [Read]

This fall, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) began offering a degree in public health to undergraduates, the first of its kind to be offered in Florida by an accredited college of public health. The Bachelor of Science degree program provides the student-centered courses required for entry-level public health jobs found in government agencies, health [...] ... [Read]

As Alan Hines swings his golf club, his every movement is being recorded, digitized and collected by specialized equipment in the USF Motion Analysis Laboratory. Hines, who lost his right hand in an electrical accident 11 years ago, is helping researchers from USF’s School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences and the College of Engineering collect [...] ... [Read]

Emerging biotechnologies need “honest broker” independent of government, religious, political and scientific organizations Tampa, FL (Sept. 20, 2010) – Two University of South Florida stem cell researchers propose creating an independent national “Stem Cell Research Ethics Consortium” to provide better guidance on stem cell issues for regulatory agencies, law makers and policy makers. Their recommendation is [...] ... [Read]

The interprofessional program aims to help prevent excess prenatal weight gain Preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy is the goal of a leadership project spearheaded by two certified nurse-midwives from the University of South Florida Colleges of Nursing and Medicine. Jessica Brumley, CNM, MA, and Cecilia Jevitt, CNM, PhD, will design and offer group prenatal care with [...] ... [Read]

For two days, two groups of students from differing health fields – nursing and physical therapy – participated in various simulated patient cases, giving them the chance to broaden their interdisciplinary education and experience working together. Nursing instructor Stacy Lee Cornell, RN, explains patient handling to physical therapy doctoral students. On the first day, 96 first-year undergraduate [...] ... [Read]

With all the significant scientific advancements presented, at the end of the symposium it was the people with Friedreich’s ataxia who gave the research meaning and value. They were people like Holly LeBlanc, who for eight months traveled back and forth from Holland, MI, to USF to participate in a pilot clinical trial testing effects of [...] ... [Read]

It’s one of the hottest summers in Florida. As the temperature rises, so does the risk for athletes. Under the piles of padding and hard helmets, athletes or others working in the high heat and humidity put themselves in danger of heat illness. If unchecked, the body’s inability to cool itself can lead to potentially life-threatening [...] ... [Read]

University of South Florida cardiology residents, fellows and faculty had a strong research showing at the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting last month (August 2010) in Orlando. Kuldeep Maradia, MD, a third-year resident, won second place in the Young Investigators Award competition, for his oral presentation of the research project “Obese [...] ... [Read]

USF researchers look for ways to protect fetal brain in mice from autism-like changes induced by inflammation Tampa, FL (Sept. 15, 2010) -- University of South Florida neuroscientists have been awarded a $400,000 federal grant to study ways of protecting the developing fetal brain from the damaging  effects of maternal infections, a suspected cause for certain types of [...] ... [Read]