This story originally published on April 21, 2015 in observance of the COPH’s 30th anniversary celebration. Three Distinguished USF Health Professors in the Department of Global Health at the USF College of Public Health – Drs. Tom Unnasch, John Adams and Dennis Kyle – are ranked among the university’s best […]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly half of the world’s population in 2021 was at risk of malaria, a life-threatening disease most often transmitted to humans via mosquito bites. And while the disease is most prevalent in tropical countries, several cases of locally acquired malaria have recently been […]
In collaboration with Pacific Biosciences (PacBio), the USF College of Public Health’s Genomics Program and Sequencing Core recently hosted a Genomics Symposium entitled “Long Read Single Molecule Sequencing: A New Era in Genomics.” Pacific Biosciences, commonly known as PacBio, is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures cutting-edge systems for gene […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Genomics Program and the Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research (GHIDR) recently hosted a Digital Spatial Genomics Symposium, in collaboration with biotech companies Nanostring and Illumina. More than 100 attendees participated in the one-day symposium held in February, with a majority being USF faculty and students. Representatives […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Genomics Program and the Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research hosted, along with biotech companies 10x Genomics, Illumina and Miltenyi Biotec, a symposium on new technologies and applications pertaining to single-cell genomics. “The USF Genomics Program sequencing and computational cores provide trainings […]
Want to be part of the next generation of scientists that tackle real-world problems like climate change, pandemics and disease prevention? The USF College of Public Health (COPH) genomics program is offering a new micro-certificate that provides professionals with a foundational understanding of the field of genomics and precision medicine […]
A team of researchers led by Dr. John Adams from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) have recently published an article looking at the pathways some deadly malaria-causing parasites use to survive not just human fever—the body’s natural defense against pathogens—but also the drugs designed to attack them. The […]
The pandemic could not divert USF’s top faculty researchers from making big discoveries that shape our understanding of the past, present and future. One USF researcher brings dinosaurs to life through augmented reality while a colleague explores the origins of life through planetary chemistry. Another faculty member’s research sounded early […]