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Five аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Faculty Elected 2020 Members of the Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine of Florida

The Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida have selected five аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ professors as new members in recognition of their accomplishments, exceptional research achievements, and high-impact contributions to advancing science, engineering and medicine.

August 4, 2020Honors and Awards

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Partner in Costa Rica Launches the Country’s First Program to Detect Coronavirus in Wastewater

With more than 5,000 beach surveys, 500 behavioral observations, and 80 interviews to digest, and water quality data to crunch, it was time to celebrate this phase of their NSF-funded coastal health study called MERA, which included several trainings by the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢team to help their colleagues get up to speed on a suite of environmental monitoring techniques (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢College of Marine Science).

July 29, 2020Global Research, Research, Student Research

Data scientists from the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ have developed a new model to predict the spread of COVID-19 throughout Tampa Bay using mobile data (WFLA).

July 22, 2020Health, Innovation

Physician-scientist Dr. Sarah Yuan will expand her nationally prominent microvascular research program to include COVID-19.

July 22, 2020Health

Rather than handling the live virus in the study, researchers are using a safer, COVID-19 pseudotype, which also holds the same enzyme that gives fireflies their glow (WFTS).

July 22, 2020Health, Innovation

A system designed and patented at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢to predict if an elderly person might fall has been adapted to help businesses enforce social distancing guidelines in the age of COVID-19.

July 21, 2020Health

The university announced Monday a $500,000 fund was formed by the Office of the Provost and аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Research and Innovation. The fund will invest in yearlong projects from аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢researchers, delving into the various factors that contribute to economic disparity, police violence, social injustices and more (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

July 21, 2020Research

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢launches research initiative to better understand and address racism in local, national and international communities

The university will invest $500,000 to support interdisciplinary projects with a goal to foster anti-racism, build community partnerships (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Newsroom).

July 20, 2020Global Research, Research

Faculty members from the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Hearing Clinic started a project in April to create face-view masks that would help their patients see the facial expressions of people at the health center (аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Oracle).

July 16, 2020Innovation

The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ is working on wearable technology that aims to detect the progression of coronavirus in people most at risk (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

July 10, 2020Health, Innovation

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢researchers took data from Miami-Dade and modeled what masks and contact tracing, among other strategies, would do (Tampa Bay Times).

July 9, 2020Health, Innovation

Four promising antiviral drug candidates identified and analyzed in preclinical study (ScienceDaily).

July 6, 2020Health, Innovation