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USF Health, Northwell Health, Tampa General and Formlabs earn national recognition for 3D-printed nasal swab used in pandemic
The University of South Florida (USF) has been awarded the Patents for Humanity award by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its patent of the 3D-printed nasopharyngeal (NP) swab, created in the early part of the pandemic as a solution to the disrupted commercial production of standard flocked NP swabs critical in diagnostic testing for COVID-19.
January 12, 2023Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation
Your Healthy Family: Can doctors diagnose disease using voice?
A new study led by USF Health, Dr. Bensoussan, and Cornell Medicine uses the human voice to diagnose and treat diseases and mood disorders, like depression.
December 23, 2022Health, Innovation
USF Health leads research in using the human voice to diagnose and treat diseases
A new study being led by the University of South Florida and Weill Cornell Medicine called "Voice as a Biomarker of Health," is "collecting human voices to link them to medical information to diagnose a certain disease or to screen for certain diseases with voice," said Dr. Yael Bensoussan, director of the USF Health Voice Center and assistant professor of Laryngology.
December 7, 2022Health
USF Health, Tampa General Hospital Join FSR Sarcoidosis Clinic Alliance
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the collaborative pulmonology program of USF Health have joined the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) Global Sarcoidosis Clinic Alliance to advance care and research in sarcoidosis.
December 2, 2022Health
USF students use AI to detect Alzheimer’s
USF Health Taneja College of Pharmacy students Siegrid Pregartner and Laura Borgerding, launched a startup, Janus AI, and designed an AI tool that aids in the early detection of Alzheimer’s. Their focus is to provide patients suffering from the disease more time to make healthcare decisions before the disease hijacks their mental acuity and motor skills.
December 2, 2022Health, Innovation
USF Morsani College of Medicine thrives with Water Street location, Tampa General partnership
Through their partnership, USF Health and Tampa General are working together to expand the Tampa Medical and Research District. What they’re trying to portray, Dr. Charles Lockwood says, is the idea that as they keep growing medical services in the area where the medical school, Tampa General and their operations on Kennedy Boulevard are, “we’re building more and more components of world-class health care.’’
November 29, 2022Health
Pulmonology Program Led by Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Joins Two Global Organizations with a Shared Purpose to Empower Patients
The USF Health and Tampa General Hospital pulmonary and critical care medicine program earned two national designations: as a founding member of the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research Global Sarcoidosis Clinic Alliance and selection as a Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Network.
November 29, 2022Health
Nursing college’s impact spans from Tampa Bay to Sicily
Officials with the USF Health College of Nursing recently signed agreements of understanding with two universities in Sicily that will provide opportunities for global exchanges among faculty and students. That includes training, internships, research efforts, professional development and sharing technological expertise.
November 11, 2022Health
CAMLS advances research in virtual and augmented reality for simulation training
With virtual and augmented reality becoming more prominent, the USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) is expanding its research efforts to explore the use of virtual and augmented reality in medical simulation training.
November 1, 2022Health, Innovation, Research
App may soon diagnose cancer, Parkinson’s by the sound of your voice
Scientists are working on artificial intelligence that will analyze speech and breathing patterns and vibrations to pick up on changes indicating illness, according to University of South Florida’s Health Voice Center.
Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice
The director of USF's Health Voice Center is a leader on the study, which shows everything from your vocal cord vibrations to breathing patterns when you speak offers potential information about your health.
USF expands Alzheimer's research to Sarasota, seeks participants
The university's Preventing Alzheimer's with Cognitive Training (PACT) study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, uses digital brain training exercises to see if they can reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. The study is seeking more than 1,200 participants in the Sarasota area to join.
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