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The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has been selected by Moderna as one of the approximately 80 sites in the U.S. to hold clinical trials testing the effects of the Moderna vaccine on children (USF Oracle).

August 23, 2021Health, Research

USF researchers launch social media campaign to identify risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Tampa Bay

USF researchers have launched a social media campaign inviting citizen scientists to upload images of mosquitoes found in the Tampa Bay region to the iNaturalist platform, a smartphone app. The app will automatically identify disease-carrying species such as Aedes aegypti, a known transmitter of Zika, dengue and yellow fever (USF Newsroom).

August 20, 2021Research

Jason Salemi is an associate professor at the ’s College of Public Health. He's also been an epidemiologist for nearly two decades (Bay News 9).

August 19, 2021Research

This breakthrough could help find the “sweet spot” for important properties such as adhesion and scratch resistance (Lab Manager).

August 19, 2021Innovation, Research

Computer modeling shows rapid move toward 90% of Floridians resistant to virus (ABC - 25 WPBF News).

August 19, 2021Health, Research

Plastics aren’t what we think. New study finds they’re a tad rubbery, paving the way for better products

A breakthrough by researchers at the and collaborating institutions around the world could pave the way for better products, such as improved batteries, automobile paint and cellphone screens (USF Newsroom).

August 18, 2021Innovation, Research

22 USF Faculty Members Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards

The pandemic could not divert USF’s top faculty researchers from making big discoveries that shape our understanding of the past, present and future.

August 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Research

The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has been selected as a site for a clinical trial testing the Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to less than 11 years.

August 12, 2021Health, Research

The says Moderna is testing efficacy, side effects and dosage; 12,000 children will be enrolled nationwide. One-quarter of them will get a placebo of saline and have their results compared with those who got the real thing (Fox 13).

August 11, 2021Health, Research

The cold-blooded, scaly creatures are often thought of as solitary, uncaring or asocial. In reality, experts believe they communicate extensively with one another and hunt, feed, court, mate, nest and hatch in groups ( St. Petersburg Campus).

August 9, 2021Research

Individuals who wrote about their relationship troubles during the pandemic from the point of view of a neutral observer had less conflict and aggression with their partner, according to new research from USF’s St. Petersburg campus.

August 5, 2021Research

The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has begun enrolling university students and other young adults, including those not planning to be vaccinated, for an expanded nationwide study evaluating coronavirus infection and transmission in people ages 18 through 29.

August 5, 2021Health, Research

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