Tampa, FL (August 12, 2010) – The University of South Florida College of Nursing has received a five-year, $1.3-million federal grant to train nursing faculty throughout the state in the use of simulation learning, informatics and telehealth. USF was one of only two institutions in the nation recently awarded such a grant by the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). USF will develop and implement a training program designed to integrate emerging technologies into nursing education and practice, said Dianne Morrison-Beedy PhD, RN, dean […]

It’s been confirmed once again: USF Health has a major impact on the health care of Tampa Bay area residents. Nearly a third (29 percent) of local physicians who made the 2010 Best Doctors in America list work at USF Health. Include the dedicated volunteer faculty members (those who teach medical students or residents several times each year) and University of South Florida College of Medicine alumni in private practice locally, and the numbers go up even more – 57 percent of the prestigious list has a connection with USF […]

The University of South Florida has launched a multidisciplinary center with expertise in managing postconcussive syndrome, the sometimes disabling symptoms that linger after a concussion — even long after a seemingly mild head injury. The USF Concussion Center brings together experts in neurology, neurocritical care, neurosurgery, neuropsychology, psychiatry, audiology, pediatrics, neuro-otology, ophthalmology, neuroradiology, athletic training, sports medicine and physical therapy. “A concussion doesn’t have to knock you out to leave lasting effects,” said Gianluca Del Rossi, PhD, ATC, associate professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine at USF Health and director of […]

The Jackson Laboratory, a world-renowned expert in mammalian genetics and cutting-edge genomics research, has partnered with the University of South Florida to launch a biomedical village in Collier County. Jackson and USF will collaborate on a variety of initiatives to lead the nation toward personalized medicine, in which disease prevention and treatment are based on a person’s unique genetic makeup, or genome. The collaboration will result in new research gains and education programs, as well as provide better health care and increased economic opportunities for the citizens of Collier County […]

Thanks to a $5.66 million gift from The Patterson Foundation, part of the USF System’s $600-million USF:Unstoppable Campaign, Bringing Science Home will work to help people with chronic diseases live fuller and more optimistic lives. The project will start by studying the lives of people with Type 1 diabetes and helping young people with the transition of caring for their diabetes more independently.   Led by Executive Director, Nicole Johnson – she knows that struggle firsthand. After she was diagnosed with diabetes at 19, she was told that many of […]

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation have awarded $47,500 to the University of South Florida (USF) to support the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, which is targeting obesity among underserved students in the Tampa area.   The USF Pediatrics Mobile Health Program has provided care to more than 5,000 children and teens since 2006, visiting 59 schools in Hillsborough County and providing the equivalent of more than $1 million in free medical services. A nurse practitioner, pediatric residents and medical and nursing students staff the 40-foot-long Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, which is […]

The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have named USF Health’s Marcia M. Humphrey Schmidt, MD, as the first recipient of their jointly developed Breast Cancer Fellowship for Gynecologic Oncologists.   “We are excited to be able to offer Dr. Humphrey Schmidt this opportunity to further expand her knowledge and expertise into the area of breast disease,” said SGO President Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD. “As experts in women’s cancer care, it seems only natural that gynecologic oncologists, who already possess an in-depth understanding of […]

Dr. Neil A. Fenske, professor and chair of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at USF Health, was elected 2010 president of the Noah Worcester Dermatological Society  – the prestigious “by invitation only” national society is named for Noah Worcester, the author of the first American textbook on dermatology, published in 1845. Learn more by clicking here: ./?p=12224

The new Human Functional Performance Laboratory in USF’s School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences features equipment specially designed to assess human movement and function, including the basic functions of walking, balance, range of motion, and endurance.   Nearly 6,000 square feet of space is devoted to the Human Functional Performance Laboratory, which is housed in Rehabilitation Sciences area of the MDT building on the USF campus. Six key areas include muscular strength and endurance, posture and joint assessment, gait, electromyography and advanced musculoskeletal imaging, functional evaluation, applied cardiopulmonary testing, […]

The University of South Florida is receiving nearly $6 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for its PaperFree Florida initiative. USF’s proposal will bring electronic prescribing to the Tampa Bay area while creating jobs in the health care and information technology sectors.   To read more about this exciting announcement, please click here: ./?p=11751