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Lead exposure linked to lower state achievement test scores of Detroit students

– USF College of Public Health’s Nanhua Zhang led the study while a doctoral student at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI (Feb. 26, 2013) — […]

Research Day speaker: Move genetic discovery to medical practice

Cancer, cardiovascular illnesses and most other common diseases now have multiple medications that may work – yet none of them work on more than half the patients, keynote […]

USF Health Research Day 2013: Emerging Scientists and Top-Tier Research

Few other events bring together USF’s emerging scientists better than the annual USF Health Research Day. The day-long event showcases the best and the brightest researchers across all […]

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Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute and USF Health team up for groundbreaking study of new gene therapy for heart failure

The first of its kind, an investigational drug, may enhance the body’s stem cell response at the site of cardiovascular injury   TAMPA, Florida (Feb. 20, 2013) – Cardiovascular […]

Reminder: USF Health Research Day is Feb. 22

The emerging science represented at this year’s USF Health Research Day is astounding. But only by attending yourself will you see array of science and fully appreciate the […]

AJN Nursing Research Book of Year Award, 2012

Book co-authored by USF Nursing Dean named 2012 Nursing Research Book of the Year

An expert panel of American Journal of Nursing (AJN) judges has selected a book co-authored by the University of South (USF) College of Nursing Dean as the 2012 […]

USF-VA study finds long-term consequences for traumatic brain injury sufferers

Research with rat models finds chronic inflammation, suppression of cell regeneration, and neuronal cell loss contribute to wide range of motor and cognitive deficits TAMPA, FL  (Jan. 4, 2013) – […]

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Improved prevention and search techniques may help recovery, avoid incidents of missing drivers with dementia

The study, led by USF Nursing, has implications for the development of Silver Alert-type programs Tampa, FL (Dec. 14, 2012)— A new study focusing on how people with […]

USF center leads in research critical for developing new treatments to slow or stop Parkinson’s disease

The USF Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, established in 1986, treats patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, including tremor, dystonia, chorea and restless legs syndrome.  […]

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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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