USF Health welcomes new resident physicians

A heartfelt welcome, some good advice for navigating USF Graduate Medical Education program, and a glimpse of the hard realities found in today’s health care system were part […]

Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute ready to take clinical trials on the road

The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute unveiled its mobile Memory Research Suite on June 28 – a groundbreaking traveling “clinic” designed to bring the latest clinical drug trials […]

USF Health psychiatrist comments on community healing after traumatic events [video]

In the aftermath of a the recent mass shooting at an Orlando night club, Glenn Currier, MD, MPH, chair of the USF Health Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral […]

USF Student Veteran Awarded Tillman Military Scholarship

TAMPA, Fla. (June 16, 2016) – University of South Florida student and Bronze Star Medal recipient Jeffrey Sargent is among the 60 U.S. military service veterans and military spouses […]

USF researchers find stroke damages blood-spinal cord barrier

Stroke’s long-term effects on blood-spinal cord barrier can lead to ‘an increasingly toxic environment’ in spinal cord and ‘significant input on disease pathology’ Tampa, Fla. (June 14, 2016) […]

Summer internships give USF student athletes a glimpse into Pharmacy

As USF student athletes commit much of their summer to conditioning training, four students will add internships based in the USF College of Pharmacy to their summer schedules. […]

In unity, USF community gathers to remember [video]

Students, faculty and staff gathered in the heart of USF June 13 to honor and remember the victims of the recent shooting at an Orlando nightclub, as well […]

Public health doctoral student creates new app to fight Zika

The USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Arturo Rebollón, a doctoral student based in Panama, says it’s time to give the community the empowerment they need to combat […]

USF one of 17 select centers in American Lung Association’s expanded network studying patients with airways diseases

Tampa, FL (June 8, 2016) — The American Lung Association’s Airways Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) network has expanded the national reach of its clinical trials to enhance the […]

MCOM Class of 2018 transitions from classroom to clinical settings for next phase of education

Always do what’s best for your patients. This is the advice presented to 121 second-year medical students as they formally entered their third year of medical school at […]

Expansion of USF Health midwifery program gives women more options for delivering their babies [video]

Check here for changes in USF Health clinical operations

UPDATED: June 6, 5:30 PM — All USF Health clinical sites will be open with normal operating hours on Tuesday, June 7. For USF student information, click here. * * * […]

Meditation-based therapy reduces anxiety, fear and fatigue among breast cancer survivors, USF Nursing study reports

Tampa, FL (June 6, 2016) – A meditation-based stress reduction intervention significantly improved psychological and physical symptoms among breast cancer survivors, a University of South Florida College of […]

Sister Cities agreement unites partners in innovation

USF Health is playing a key role in helping advance a new Sister Cities agreement between Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the Mayor of Lanzhou, China, Yuan Zhanting. […]

Read between the lines of editors’ comments

This month I’d like to discuss editors’ decisions on manuscripts. I recently ran across a stack of comments from editors and reviewers of my own manuscripts, and I […]