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Top 10 USF Health News Stories of 2021

This years’ top news and social media stories feature a little bit of everything – and it’s not all about COVID-19.  Broken records, emotional patient stories, advances in research, multitalented physicians, and other big news from around USF Health fill the list.

Take a look at the top USF Health online and social media stories of 2021.

Top USF Health Online Stories*

1:  USF Health selected as a clinical trial site for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children six months to 11 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:  Michael Teng’s Q&A behind the MRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:  USF Health receives a five-year, $44 million grant to test if computerized brain training can reduce the risk of dementia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:  USF Health researchers suggest the natural compound in basil may protect against Alzheimer’s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:  USF Health conducted an NIH study of allergic reactions to various COVID19 vaccines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:  The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine welcomed the most academically competitive and diverse class of medical students.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:  COVID-19 couldn’t put a damper on the excitement of Match Day 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:  A USF Health emergency medicine resident became a Grammy Award-winning opera choir singer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:  USF was awarded a four-year, $69.9 million NIH grant for type-1 diabetes research.

Jeffery Krischer, PhD, is principal investigator of the TEDDY study.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:  In the wake of a global pandemic, USF Health returned to full operations.

 

 

 

 

*Page views on the USF Health News WordPress site as determined by Google Analytics

 

Top 10 Social Media Stories*

1: USF Health selected as a clinical trial site for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children six months to 11 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2: USF Health researchers suggest the natural compound in basil may protect against Alzheimer’s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3: The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine class of 2024 receive their first white coats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4: USF Health Morsani College of Medicine welcome the most academically competitive and diverse class in history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5: USF Health physicians treat car enthusiast with ENT cancer.

Allen Parent, of Brookville, Fla., was diagnosed with squamous cell mouth cancer, a head and neck cancer, and referred for treatment to Dr. Matthew Mifsud, a USF Health head and neck surgeon and otolaryngologist, and Dr. Julia Toman, a USF Health facial plastic surgeon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6: USF Health neurosurgeons repair spine for thrill-seeking patient. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7: Our USF Health physicians make the top doctors list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:  USF Health patient makes $25,000 gift to USF Health IBD center

 

9: USF Health emergency medicine resident became a Grammy Award-winning opera choir singer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10: Taneja College of Pharmacy announces their move to downtown Tampa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Based on Facebook page views

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