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Social media could hold important clues as to why some people would hesitate to get vaccinated for Covid-19, according to a аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ researcher (St. Pete Catalyst).

October 14, 2020Health, Research

After launching a coronavirus-tracking map at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ now not only wants to track cases but help organizations and the general public see the bigger picture (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

October 14, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

A study led by the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ found better sleep improves next-day mindfulness, which in turn, reduces sleepiness during the day (EurekAlert!).

October 13, 2020Health, Research

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢researchers develop new technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseases

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢researchers have been awarded a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Ryan Carney, assistant professor of integrative biology, and Sriram Chellappan, professor of computer science and engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary effort to collect data through smartphone apps such as NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Newsroom).

October 13, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢-designed 3D-printed nasal swab is now being used by hospitals, academic medical centers, state governments, and international agencies and health care facilities. Created in March when medical supplies were a significant challenge, the innovative swab allowed entities around the world fight the spread of COVID-19 through widespread testing (AUTM).

October 9, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅϢ’s College of Marine Science announced that it is the new home of the International Marine Minerals Society, providing staff support and a fixed address, and helping organize an annual research conference (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).

October 8, 2020Research

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Drug Discovery Startup Ibis Therapeutics Focuses Technology on COVID-19

Artificial Intelligence-enabled platform created by аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢chemistry professor reduces lengthy drug discovery process to days instead of weeks or months (USFRI Newsroom).

October 8, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Research

Federal data undercounts Hurricane Irma’s impact on mortality of nursing home residents

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-in-four people who died from COVID-19 in the U.S. had been living in a long-term care facility. The sobering statistic is even more alarming when you consider the compounding threats of a hurricane (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Newsroom).

October 6, 2020Health, Research

At the start of an extremely active hurricane season, Floridians shared their thoughts on evacuations amid the threat of COVID-19 as part of a research study conducted by the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ (Fox 13).

October 6, 2020Research

A strange looking device in an engineering laboratory at the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ could lead to a big medical breakthrough and a big prize. It’s called the Bull Nose and when it’s perfected, engineers believe it will electronically ‘smell’ COVID-19 on the breath of people who are infected (Fox 13).

October 6, 2020Health, Innovation, Student Research

Method used to track Ebola’s trajectory being applied to COVID-19

What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and then essentially came to a halt there? That’s what researchers from the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ are trying to determine in a new study funded by an NSF Rapid Response grant (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Newsroom).

October 5, 2020Global Research, Innovation, Research

A Record 19 аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Faculty Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievements Awards

From innovators on the frontiers of engineering, physics and health, to a biologist who studies giant squid, to the author of an award-winning children’s graphic novels, meet USF’s top faculty researchers.

October 5, 2020Honors and Awards, Research