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USF Biomedical Engineering Projects Receive NIH Support
A pair of grants from the National Institutes of Health reflect the growing stature of the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering in the health-related research community. NIH-funded research has led to expanded knowledge and treatments that improve patients’ health and those are among the objectives of the grants received by USF investigators.
February 8, 2020Medical
Neuroscientists Discover Brain Pressure Controls Eye Pressure, Revealing New Avenues for Glaucoma Treatment
Researchers at the University of South Florida have discovered a novel feedback pathway from the brain to the eye that modulates eye pressure – a significant advancement in the effort to diagnose and treat glaucoma.
January 30, 2020Medical
Lancor Donation Supports Medical Engineering Students
As the Department of Medical Engineering transitions from newly-established to establishing a reputation in the biomedical engineering field, it is generating interest from College of Engineering graduates of other disciplines who learn about the program.
January 27, 2020Medical
Preeminence helps USF build new medical engineering department
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January 18, 2019Medical
Dr. Stephanie Carey Receives University of South Florida UNI Award
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June 1, 2018Medical
University of South Florida and Indiana University researchers find hearing loss after cisplatin-based chemotherapy in testicular cancer survivors
The researchers, Biomedical Engineering Professor Robert Frisina, Lois B. Travis, M.D., Sc.D., the Lawrence D. Einhorn Professor of Cancer Research at the IU School of Medicine and a researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, studied for the first time the cumulative effects of cisplatin-based chemotherapy on hearing levels in testicular cancer survivors through comprehensive audiometry measurements.
July 17, 2017Medical
Three University of South Florida professors elected AIMBE fellows
Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Ph.D. - For outstanding contributions and leadership in chemical and biomedical engineering, particularly for the development of acoustic wave biological sensors.
February 1, 2017Medical
USF unveils preliminary renderings for new medical school and cardiovascular institute in downtown Tampa
The University of South Florida today unveiled preliminary renderings of the future home of its USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in downtown Tampa.
January 31, 2017Medical
USF College of Engineering and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine partner to create a Department of Medical Engineering
The College of Engineering and the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida have established the Department of Medical Engineering, a unique transdisciplinary concept that will combine the related aspects of engineering and medicine while providing access to real-world health care environments for education and research.
January 4, 2017Medical
Professor Chris Passaglia awarded NIH $1.4M RO1 Grant for Glaucoma Research
Professor Chris Passaglia awarded NIH RO1 Grant for Glaucoma Research. The awarded project will uses one-of-a-kind technology to study eye pressure variability, fluid outflow biomechanics, retinal structure and physiological function, and visual sensitivity in animals with and without pressure-induced glaucoma.
August 10, 2016Medical
Piyush Koria Receives NIH Grant to Develop Therapies to Treat Chronic Wounds
he National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a research grant to Piyush Koria, associate professor in the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department, to develop novel therapies for healing chronic wounds. The public health and economic impact of chronic wound care is staggering, with an estimated annual cost upwards of more than eight billion dollars.
July 21, 2016Medical