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In Tampa Bay and across the nation, a number of African American burial grounds and cemeteries have been lost to history, neglected, abandoned, even paved over and developed on. A research project funded by a University of South Florida anti-racism initiative is seeking to recover and reimagine the forgotten history of these sacred places (ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ St. Petersburg campus).

December 21, 2020Research

New dashboard monitors the number of vaccine recipients, their location and demographic (ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Libraries).

December 21, 2020Health, Research

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 (ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Newsroom).

December 16, 2020Health, Research

Jr Scientist program expands their virtual reach with help from ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ 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 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 ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ 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 (ľ¹ÏÊÓƵRI Newsroom).

December 8, 2020Global Research, Honors and Awards, Innovation

The University of South Florida is launching a new COVID-19 training program for nurses (ABC News).

December 8, 2020Health

The Florida COVID-19 Hub is tweaked to harness data the ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ research community and its partners at Tampa General Hospital can apply to their own research (83 Degrees).

December 8, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

An entire team of physician leaders from TGH and ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Health Morsani College of Medicine will serve the Institute, from the inpatient clinical care to the outpatient clinics to teaching and research (83 Degrees).

December 8, 2020Health, Research

Report: Social distancing and face masks will help crush COVID-19 pandemic by late April

ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ-developed computer model projects social mitigation measures will have a dramatic effect on how quickly Tampa Bay recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic (ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Newsroom).

December 4, 2020Health, Research

ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ research team uncovers significant reason older adults are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack

A team of researchers in the ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ 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 (ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Newsroom).

December 3, 2020Health, Research