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USF Wearable Devices Study Aims To Predict When COVID-19 Symptoms Will Worsen
The study examines how a percentage of otherwise healthy adults are having an "allergic reaction" to the virus. Researchers in several University of South Florida departments—including medicine, nursing and business—are recruiting volunteers from Tampa General Hospital's COVID-19 clinic for a new wearable devices study to predict when symptoms will worsen (WUSF).
September 17, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Public Conference Presents COVID-19 From Different Angles
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Colleen Naughton and colleagues at the University of South Florida and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) earned a National Science Foundation grant to host the conference (UC Merced).
September 16, 2020Research
National TV commercial highlights USF’s thriving research
A new national TV commercial produced by the University of South Florida is now airing during American Athletic Conference football games. The ad features researchers involved in two high-profile projects and a USF student as the voiceover talent (USF Newsroom).
September 15, 2020Research
USF Student Innovators Bring Fresh Ideas to Florida Blue Challenge
Entrepreneurial students, from undergrad to doctoral level, join with statewide peers to present new healthcare solutions in upcoming pitch competition (USFRI Newsroom).
September 14, 2020Entrepreneurship, Health, Innovation
USF announces anti-racism projects, including two in Sarasota
The University of South Florida has announced $500,000 worth of grants to fund 23 research projects aimed at reducing racism, including two projects that will be conducted at USF’s Sarasota-Manatee campus (Sarasota Herald-Tribune).
September 10, 2020Research
At USF, 23 research projects will focus on racism and disparities
The work will involve 90 faculty across eight colleges and the university’s three campuses (Tampa Bay Times).
September 9, 2020Research
USF research grant program selects proposals to study systemic racism
As part of a $500,000 research grant program, USF on Wednesday afternoon selected 23 research proposals focused on understanding and addressing the effects of systemic racism at local, national and international levels (USF Oracle).
September 9, 2020Research
USF selects 23 research projects for funding in anti-racism effort
From medicine to marketing to engineering, university researchers will work with community partners to address long-standing disparities and roadblocks to equity (USF Newsroom).
September 9, 2020Research
USF ‘body farm’ shares lessons from the dead
At USF forensics school, some of the best teachers are dead (Sarasota Herald-Tribune).
September 6, 2020Research
Latest round of funding brings USF's total coronavirus project commitment to $1 million
The University of South Florida has submitted a third round of funding for coronavirus-related research projects, bringing its total investment to over $1 million (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
USF tackles 14 more research projects to study coronavirus impacts
Pregnancy, restaurants and first responders are among the topics in a research effort topping $1 million (Tampa Bay Times).
September 2, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF Supports COVID-19 Research Partnerships in New Round of Seed Grants
Newly funded projects from the third round of USF's Rapid Response Research Grant program (USFRI Newsroom).
September 2, 2020Health, Innovation, Research