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USF professors focus diverse skills into life-saving stroke device

Who said engineering and neuroscience aren’t good bedfellows? Two University of South Florida professors are proof that disparate disciplines can work together for a common cause – gaining […]

USF Health-based Alzheimer’s Caregivers Podcast posts 100th episode

Caring for a loved one with dementia can be overwhelming and isolating. Never was that more true than during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eileen Poiley understands that challenge well, […]

More participants than ever present at USF Health Research Day 2023

This year’s USF Health Research Day set new records as more participants than ever filled the USF Tampa campus Marshall Student Center on March 3 to showcase the […]

It’s your fibroblasts. They’ve come to fix your brain.

Until recently, scientists knew little about how important cells called fibroblasts might help protect the brain when a life-threatening bleeding stroke occurs. But these cells may function like […]

Excite Medical donation to USF adds to spinal decompression study

USF Health patients now have access to a specialized device meant to reduce back pain, thanks to the donation by Excite Medical. Excite Medical donated two devices – […]

USF Health research team studying role that little-known protein plays in the riddle of Alzheimer’s disease

USF Health researchers are studying how a little-known protein known as BIN1 may contribute to the formation of tangles in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s […]

USF Health doctors named to national Top Doctors list

USF Health doctors are among the best and listed as such in the Top Doctor® list by Castle Connolly. The list, released earlier this year, includes over 400 […]

Microbiome’s connection to heart failure key to new NIH study for USF Health’s Dr. Hariom Yadav

USF Health microbiome expert Hariom Yadav, PhD, has received a grant from the National Institute on Aging to help determine if a common medication can restore microbiome diversity […]

USF Health ALS Clinic helps patients through highly choreographed appointments

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes motor neurons to slowly degenerate, which […]

Morsani College of Medicine: the fastest rising medical school in the nation

The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is the fastest-rising medical school in the country, climbing over the last decade from #80 to #46 in U.S. News & […]

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