USF Health In the News Post-Holiday Edition
Post-Holiday Edition: a snapshot of our colleagues making news across the country and around the world
TELEVISION NEWS
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Morsani Medical School UNIVERSITY BEAT
Thanks to a record gift, the USF College of Medicine is now known as the USF Morsani College of Medicine. University Beat on WUSF TV takes you to the formal announcement of the College’s new name and tells you what it means for USF Health’s future
PRINT & ONLINE NEWS
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With New Year’s resolutions, small changes can mean big results
Huffington Post – Healthy Living
“Nothing in excess,” advised Barbara Hansen, a professor at the University of South Florida and director of its Obesity, Diabetes and Aging Research Center. “It’s trite.”
Hillsborough leaders sound off on their wishes for change in 2012
Tampa Bay Times
Innovative approach to medicine: Stephen Klasko, 58 CEO of USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine
At USF Health, we will open in 2012 in Tampa the world’s boldest health simulation center.
The 10 most intriguing people in Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Times
Dr. Stephen Klasko: Give the dean of the USF College of Medicine 15 minutes, and he will win you over with his vision for the college and for health care in America.
25 people to watch in Tampa Bay business
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Dr. Stephen Klasko, CEO of USF Health and Dean of the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. In January 2010, he was named by Healthcare IT News as one of the 10 rising stars in health care information technology. Dr. John Armstrong, medical director, USF Health’s Center for Advanced Learning and Medical Simulation. Armstrong was a top surgeon at University of Florida’s Shands Hospital before he was lured to USF Health, where he also is director of trauma and disaster education.
Tampa Tribune (editorial)
Among other exciting improvements, USF Health’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation nearing completion in downtown Tampa will soon be bringing in thousands of physicians for training.
Big year for health and medical news
Tampa Bay Times
The University of South Florida renamed its medical school as the Morsani College of Medicine, after philanthropists Frank and Carol Morsani made a $20 million donation.
Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation
Gulf Coast Business Review
The Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation, most often referred to as CAMLS, is set to open in February. The long-awaited debut of the 90,000-square-foot development is expected to generate $38 million in economic impact in its first year and create a hub for research in health science that will draw doctors in for years to come.
USF Health’s Miller: Genes at forefront of the future of personalized medicine
The Villages Daily Sun
The year 2011 is winding down, but USF Health’s Dr. Les Miller enabled Villages residents to step into the future with him to see what marvels await them in health care, thanks to their genes.
With New Year’s resolutions, small changes can mean big results
Tampa Bay Times
“Nothing in excess,” advised Barbara Hansen, a professor at the University of South Florida and director of its Obesity, Diabetes and Aging Research Center. “It’s trite.”
Morsani gift to USF Health ranks high among 2011 charitable donations
Tampa Bay Business Journal
$20 million gift by Frank and Carol Morsani to USF Health was the largest health care charitable donation in Florida in 2011.
Tampa Bay Business Journal
The U.S. Department of Defense Department of Defense Latest from The Business Journals provided a $1.59 million award for musculoskeletal research at the University of South Florida University of South Florida School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences. It funds Dr. John Mayer‘s, endowed chair in biomechanical and chiropractic research at the school, study of back pain and a study evaluating prosthetic feet for soldiers and veterans.
Sleep apnea linked to dementia
News Chief
“We’ve suspected that for a long time, but the problem has been linking hypoxemia to cognitive stress,” said Dr. W. McDowell Anderson, program director of the University of South Florida sleep medicine training program, and medical director of Tampa General’s Sleep Disorder Center.
Parkinson’s Disease: Diagnosis, Causes and Treatment
Parkinson’s Disease (Blog)
Dr. Juan Sanchez-Ramos is Professor of Neurology at the University of South Florida in Tampa where he holds the Helen Ellis Endowed Chair for Parkinson’s disease Research and is the Chair for this 5th Annual PRF Parkinson’s Disease Conference.
Gene therapy in children
Doktor Liliy Koval (Blog)
The examiner shows proof-of-principle that gene analysis with pedicel cells in a genetic scuffle counterpart this has strong potential,” added Paul Sanberg, a bows cell specialist who is cicerone of the University of South Florida Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair in Tampa.
Veterans Needed to Help Complete PTSD Study
WUSF-TV
Draper Laboratory researchers in Cambridge and at Tampa’s University of South Florida are nearing completion of a study that exams if physiological responses like heart rate, perspiration and respiration can be linked to a diagnose PTSD.
Here’s the skinny on omega-3 fatty acids
Sioux City Journal
“We know EPA and DHA benefit the heart,” said Jose Barboza, a pharmacist and assistant professor at the University of South Florida College of Pharmacy. “But the research on ALA isn’t as good. That’s not to say ALA isn’t important. Much more study is needed.”
Mouse study links autism, immune system changes
Psych Central
“Autism affects one in 110 children in the United States today,” said research team leader Jun Tan, M.D., Ph.D. “While there are reports of abnormal T-cell numbers and function in some persons affected with autism, no specific cause has been identified.
