https://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/Recent posts from Public Health Newsen-usSat, 12 Sep 2026 06:27:17 -04:00http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssOmniUpdate (OU Publish)https://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/2026/usf-study-shines-light-on-the-effect-of-environmental-stress-on-genetic-expression.aspxWe all know how social or financial pressures can affect our physical and mental health, but can such stress exist on the genetic level? A team at the COPH published a scholarly paper on the subject, offering data on how external tensions play a part in our internal makeup.Kurt LoftMon, 08 Jun 2026 08:33:32 USF study shines light on the effect of environmental stress on genetic expressionWe all know how social or financial pressures can affect our physical and mental health, but can such stress exist on the genetic level? A team at the COPH published a scholarly paper on the subject, offering data on how external tensions play a part in our internal makeup.two menhttps://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/2026/usf-study-shines-light-on-the-effect-of-environmental-stress-on-genetic-expression.aspxGlobal - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences,Research and Innovation,Student LifeChengqi Wang,Derek Wildman,Monica Uddinhttps://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/2025/malaria.aspxMalaria is an insidious disease, often slipping past our best defenses and killing an estimated 600,000 people a year around the world − 75 percent of whom are children barely five years old.KURT LOFTFri, 07 Feb 2025 14:28:14 USF researchers publish new genetic map of essential targets to defeat malariaMalaria is an insidious disease, often slipping past our best defenses and killing an estimated 600,000 people a year around the world − 75 percent of whom are children barely five years old.A look through the microscope at malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi, a representative of the most geographically wide-spread malaria parasites, in human blood. The parasites are the dark-colored structures inside the cells. https://www.usf.edu/health/public-health/news/2025/malaria.aspxGlobal - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences,Research and InnovationCamilla Valente Pires,Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research,Chengqi Wang,Jenna Oberstaller,John Adams,Justin Gibbons,Min Zhang,Shulin Xu,USF Genomics,malaria