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 […]

Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) have greatly decreased deaths caused by Plasmodium falciparum malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that accounts for roughly 90 percent of the world’s malaria mortality. But Plasmodium falciparum is becoming increasingly resistant to ACTs, making an already dangerous parasite even more threatening. “Like antibiotic drugs used to treat other microbial infections, […]

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 […]

Following his success eradicating a major source of malaria, technology created by a USF public health researcher is being implemented by insect control agencies throughout Africa and across the Tampa Bay region.  USF College of Public Health Associate Professor Benjamin Jacob created a smartphone app that pairs his algorithm with […]

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 […]

A story of growth One USF College of Public Health (COPH) internal seed grant has helped the research efforts of Dr. Mahmooda Khaliq Pasha, assistant professor of social marketing, blossom into more than half a million dollars. As a result of the work she was able to do because of […]

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 […]

The USF College of Public Health (COPH) recently signed an agreement with the Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University in Thailand. “The birthplace of artemisinin resistance” As part of the agreement, Thai faculty and students exploring RNA-sequencing and drug discovery will have the opportunity to come to COPH for […]