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USF engineer and biologist unite to fight coronavirus with corona discharge

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the ºÚÁÏÉç has advanced efforts to establish a novel technology that can rapidly sterilize and electrostatically recharge N95 respiratory masks to restore their original filtration efficiency (USF Newsroom).

May 26, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Largo-based Kaligia Biosciences is partnering with University South Florida, Tampa General Hospital and AdventHealth to conduct clinical trials for a saliva test that can detect COVID-19 in three minutes (Tampa Bay Times) (paywall).

May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The USF Health-designed 3D printed nasal swab that broke into national news in late March is now being used by several hundred hospitals and academic medical centers around the country (Florida Trend).

May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The National Science Foundation awarded the ºÚÁÏÉç College of Engineering $200,000 to build a digital tool that will allow health professionals, researchers and government agencies to delve further in the coronavirus pandemic (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

May 21, 2020Health, Research

USF engineers create ‘ear savers,’ providing relief to health professionals treating coronavirus patients

Medical professionals are required to wear face masks, often continuously during 14-hour shifts. The elastic bands can be painful, and cause sores and headaches. In order to improve their comfort, engineers at the USF College of Engineering have manufactured a special plastic strip that’s lined with hooks, making the straps adjustable (USF Newsroom).

May 18, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The ºÚÁÏÉç Libraries received a $25,000 grant from Truist Financial Corp. to establish the USF Libraries COVID-19 Research and Information Fund (USF Foundation).

May 15, 2020Health, Research

The ºÚÁÏÉç may have steered its students away during the coronavirus pandemic, but innovation is still happening on and off campus (Tampa Bay Business Journal) (paywall).

May 13, 2020Innovation, Research

In collaboration with USF, Notre Dame researchers have initially modeled impacts in the Tampa Bay area. The researchers showed how the area could be affected if government officials relaxed various restrictions, including when a second wave and peak of the COVID-19 pandemic would occur (Notre Dame News).

May 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

A ºÚÁÏÉç research project is starting to reveal more about COVID-19 in the Tampa Bay area (WFLA).

May 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Professor Tammy Allen recently received a research grant to study how people are managing remote work after having little time to prepare for it (WTSP).

May 12, 2020Research

Newly published research in prominent journal PLoS One shows seasonal impact on a Sicilian cave system (USFRI Newsroom).

May 7, 2020Research

Researchers are moving to quickly help fight the coronavirus and future pandemics. The ºÚÁÏÉç created a COVID-19 Rapid Response Research grants program. It identified 14 projects for initial funding, with an interdisciplinary range from technology to treatment and social mitigation (ABC Action News).

May 6, 2020Health, Research