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USF Nursing Earns 2025 National Center of Excellence Designation
The University of South Florida College of Nursing has been named a 2025 Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing (NLN). This year, USF is one of only 21 nursing education programs nationwide to receive the NLN Center of Excellence™ (COE) designation, a prestigious recognition given to organizations that demonstrate sustained, evidence-based and substantive innovation in nursing education.
College of Nursing, Honors & Awards, Morsani College of Medicine
USF Health physicians named to Tampa Magazine's 2025 Top Doctors list
Tampa Magazine's 2025 Top Doctors list is out, and more than 100 USF Health physicians earned spots.
Nicole Misner receives USF Health Culture Coin for advancing pediatric nutrition and community health
For her dedication to pediatric patient care, education and research, Misner was awarded a culture coin by Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, dean of the Morsani College of Medicine and executive vice president of USF Health.
July 15, 2025Honors & Awards, Morsani College of Medicine
Jesse Casanova receives USF Health Culture Coin for exemplary leadership during international delegation
Jesse Casanova, associate director of International Programs at USF Health International, was recognized with a Culture Coin for his exceptional coordination of a multi-sector delegation to Japan. His leadership resulted in new partnerships with six Japanese institutions, including agreements with Tokyo Women's Medical University and renewed collaboration with Gifu University. The first USF medical student has already begun research in Japan as a result of these partnerships.
CAMLS simulation specialist, future medical student recognized as USF Health Culture Champion
Jataya Jackson, simulation operations specialist at the USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, was recently named a USF Health Culture Champion for her extraordinary journey from undergraduate student to medical student.
July 9, 2025Honors & Awards
USF, TGH successfully perform world’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant surgery
Transplant surgeons at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital have successfully performed the world’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant surgery.
July 7, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Patient Care
Crying isn’t the only clue: USF researchers using AI to detect silent pain in newborns
Newborns in the NICU can’t tell us when they’re in pain, so a team of USF researchers is developing AI technology that can find out. The collaboration between medicine and engineering could change the future of neonatal care.
July 7, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Patient Care
New USF Health study recognizes the burden of tremor for Parkinson’s disease patients
USF Health's Dr. Robert Hauser surveyed hundreds of patients with Parkinson's disease and found that tremors pose a greater burden on their quality of life than previously reported.
June 30, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research
USF to advance its position as a leader in mental and behavioral health by creating a new research center named for Sen. Darryl Rouson
The Senator Darryl E. Rouson Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research at USF will conduct rigorous research to advance the scientific understanding of the relationship between substance abuse and mental health issues, including improving treatment outcomes and reducing the societal impacts of substance abuse and mental health conditions.
June 25, 2025Morsani College of Medicine
Genshaft and Greenbaum’s latest gift to Taneja College of Pharmacy caps a decades-long journey
Judy Genshaft and husband Steven Greenbaum’s recent $250,000 gift — which named the Dr. Judy Genshaft & Mr. Steven Greenbaum Dean’s Suite & Atrium — makes possible an array of cutting-edge features for both high-profile areas of the Tanjea College of Pharmacy.
June 24, 2025Taneja College of Pharmacy
USF Health clinical trial reveals how hearing aids improve brain health and quality of life
Audiology researchers at the USF ARCT Lab are studying how improving hearing can have surprising benefits for patients' overall health and wellbeing -- including lowering the risk of dementia.
June 23, 2025Morsani College of Medicine
USF Health Awards & Accolades - Spring 2025
USF Health faculty, staff and students earned prestigious awards for their outstanding contributions to research, education, patient care and community service.
June 20, 2025Honors & Awards