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White coats a symbol of compassion, commitment

Focusing on patients as people as well as the data of their lab tests and medical histories is the foundation of true patient care. This advice, shared with […]

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Patient Makes $25,000 Challenge Gift To Support USF Health IBD Center

Grateful patient Michelle Turman MA ’00 CFRE has made a $25,000 challenge gift to encourage other patients and donors to advance research and comprehensive care at the […]

Measuring gene expression changes over time may help predict type 1 diabetes progression, lead to earlier diagnosis

An international research team, including the USF Health Informatics Institute, created and validated a model with potential for early monitoring of infants at risk for T1D diabetes TAMPA, […]

USF Health’s ambulatory surgery center earns national AAAHC accreditation

USF Health’s Endoscopy and Surgery Center recently earned accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), which certifies that it meets and exceeds nationally-recognized standards of […]

Understanding Perimenopause & Menopause

Perimenopause and menopause are natural stages of all women’s lives as they age. But women still often look for help in dealing with the symptoms or investigating potential […]

Returning to Full Operations

The University of South Florida (USF) has announced a complete return to full operations by June 28. Here is what this means for USF Health faculty, staff, residents, […]

Taneja College of Pharmacy adds new resource for student success

A new resource within the Taneja College of Pharmacy – Industry Advisory Council(TCOP-IAC) will provide students networking and interprofessional opportunities with professionals in the pharmaceutical industry, experience that […]

Blocking lipoxygenase leads to impaired cardiac repair in acute heart failure

USF Health preclinical study finds that inhibiting lipoxygenase with a drug alters innate inflammatory response, delaying heart tissue repair after cardiac injury TAMPA, Fla. (May 10, 2021) — […]

MCOM graduates 173 new doctors in socially distant ceremony

Graduation may have looked a little different this year. But the end of the four-year medical school journey was just as gratifying for the Class of 2021 USF […]

USF team uses new neuroimaging technique to study physiological effects of brain stimulation to treat depression

First-in-human study of diffuse optical tomography during rTMS suggests treatment target or parameters may need adjusting to benefit more patients with severe depression TAMPA, Fla. (May 4, 2021) […]

USF Health part of international study identifying four distinct patterns of tau spread in Alzheimer’s disease

The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Center contributed to a new international study in Nature Medicine suggesting there is reason to reevaluate the concept of “typical” Alzheimer’s disease. The […]

Antiparasitic drug shows promise as an early treatment for mild-to-moderate COVID-19

Early treatment with the FDA-approved antiparasitic drug nitazoxanide prevents mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms from progressing to severe illness and hospitalization, a clinical study co-led by USF Health’s […]

Chaperone protein imbalance promotes toxic tau buildup in the aging brain

A USF Health study applies a new mouse model of tauopathy, which may help identify therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases TAMPA, Fla (April 20, 2021) […]

USF Health Emergency Medicine Resident Becomes Grammy Award-Winning Opera Choir Singer

On March 14, 2021, the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards aired on CBS and one University of South Florida (USF) emergency medicine resident was particularly interested in who […]

NIH study of allergic reactions to Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines begins at USF Health

USF Health’s Dr. Thomas Casale leads one of only two academic allergy-research centers in Florida participating in the national trial TAMPA, Fla. (April 14, 2021) — USF Health […]