Leadership in providing with the public consistent projections of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations has prompted the launch of a USF-led global modeling project sponsored by Microsoft that can ultimately help scientists more swiftly identify and respond to the threat of emerging infectious diseases. Edwin Michael, professor of epidemiology, has been […]
Lauri Wright, a registered dietitian and assistant professor at the University of South Florida, knows a thing or two about New Year’s resolutions. Forty-five percent of Americans make resolutions at the beginning of the year, she said, but only 8 percent manage to keep them. “Number one resolution: Losing weight,” […]
Jill Roberts’ reputation precedes her. “I walk into restaurants, and they say, ‘God, here she comes,’” she explains with pride. Roberts is a professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, and she does not negotiate when it comes to food safety. “We have a lot of […]
“One of the best things that man has ever created for mosquitoes is a tire,” said Professor Robert Novak, who is a mosquito expert at the University of South Florida in the College of Public Health. “The tire is a 5-star hotel for the Aedes Aegypti.” Novak is currently conducting expensive research on the Aedes Aegypti know to carry viruses like Yellow Fever, Dengue and more recently, Chikungunya. “This is a very important virus, Chikungunya. Although it doesn’t kill, it can make people very sick and hurt the economy of […]