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In Memoriam: Dr. Lewis Barness, a pioneer in pediatrics

A physician, a mentor and a friend to all who met him will truly be missed. Lewis A. Barness, MD, a father of modern pediatrics, the founder of […]

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Bridging academic medicine and managed care, with help from Magic Johnson, bolsters care to central Florida HIV/AIDS patients

A new partnership between academic medicine and managed care will help patients with HIV/AIDS across central Florida gain better access to more coordinated and quality care. The USF Health Morsani College […]

TGH and USF Health approved for membership in Children’s Oncology Group

Tampa, FL (June 4, 2013) — Tampa General Hospital’s Children’s Medical Center and USF Health recently earned admission into the world’s largest organization focused exclusively on pediatric cancer […]

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Coelacanth genome surfaces

USF part of interntional project yielding unexpected insights from a fish with a 300-million-year-old fossil record April 17, 2013  – Researchers from the University of South Florida were […]

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Fewer unnecessary early deliveries seen in multistate, hospital-based study

USF Health faculty among authors of national study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology Multistate, hospital-based quality improvement programs can be remarkably effective at reducing early elective deliveries of […]

Dr. John Curran earns USF Distinguished Service Award

For his years of service and devotion to USF and to the entire Tampa Bay region, John Curran, MD, was presented with USF’s Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Curran, […]

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Top 10 USF Health News stories of 2012

From a  USF public health researcher’s discovery of a “happy gene” for women — news picked up by media worldwide — to the opening of a first-of-its-kind simulation center to […]

Kathleen Armstrong, pediatric psychologist, USF Health Department of Pediatrics

USF pediatric psychologist suggests ways to help children cope during crisis

By Kathleen Armstrong, PhD, NCSP Most of us are in a state of disbelief because of the recent horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. We […]

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USF to conduct study targeting HIV prevention in gay young men

Project PrEPare will enroll participants at 14 sites across the country,  including USF Health’s Ybor Youth Clinic Tampa, FL (Dec. 10, 2012) — The University of South Florida […]

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USF Diabetes Center celebrates progress in improving patients’ lives

The USF Health Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare was bathed in blue light in celebration of World Diabetes Day on Wednesday night, Nov. 14.   Inside the USF Diabetes […]

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