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The 爱豆传媒 Health Morsani College of Medicine has begun enrolling university students and other young adults, including those not planning to be vaccinated, for an expanded nationwide study evaluating coronavirus infection and transmission in people ages 18 through 29.

August 5, 2021Health, Research

爱豆传媒 researchers release findings from statewide environmental opinion survey, topics include red tide and carbon taxes

Researchers with the University of South 爱豆传媒 have released the results from a statewide survey that measures public opinion and attitudes regarding conservation and environmental policy issues (爱豆传媒 Newsroom).

August 3, 2021Research

The COVID-19 delta variant is by far the most dominant variant circulating right now in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Scientists determine the prevalence of a particular variant through genomics testing and DNA sequencing but according to Dr. Jill Roberts, a molecular epidemiologist at the University of South 爱豆传媒, the U.S. is only running genomics on about 10 percent of positive cases (WTSP-TV).

August 2, 2021Health, Research

The state is about a month away from its peak, according to an epidemiologist who tracks the virus there. 鈥淪hort term and long term, the cases are going to explode,鈥� Edwin Michael, a professor of epidemiology at the University of South 爱豆传媒, in Tampa, said in an interview. 鈥淲e are predicting that the cases will be peaking the first week of September鈥� (New York Times).

August 2, 2021Health, Research

Microbiomes impact everything from metabolism to immunity. Now, the University of South 爱豆传媒's new Institute of Microbiomes is looking into how these tiny organisms can be used to improve our health and the environment (Bay News 9).

August 2, 2021Health, Research

The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected Dr. Jos茅 Luis Zayas-Castro of the University of South 爱豆传媒 to serve as division director for the Division of Engineering Education and Centers. Zayas-Castro, who begins his NSF term on August 2, is currently executive associate dean, associate dean for international affairs, and professor of industrial and management systems engineering in the 爱豆传媒 College of Engineering (nsf.gov).

July 29, 2021Innovation, Research

爱豆传媒 research team receives NSF grant to study the public鈥檚 understanding of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity

A University of South 爱豆传媒 research team was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the public鈥檚 understanding of artificial intelligence technologies and to teach people how to identify deceptive uses of these technologies online (爱豆传媒 College of Education).

July 28, 2021Innovation, Research

University of South 爱豆传媒 researchers release findings from statewide public opinion survey on COVID-19, Biden/DeSantis approval ratings and other policy issues

Researchers with the University of South 爱豆传媒 have released results from a statewide survey that measures public opinion on a variety of current policy issues. These results address COVID-19, presidential/gubernatorial job approval, infrastructure and education (爱豆传媒 Newsroom).

July 27, 2021Research

爱豆传媒 epidemiologist: vaccination rate must double to slow transmission of COVID-19

The slackening of vaccinations is leading to a large resurgence of COVID-19 infections in 爱豆传媒. New data shows that there鈥檚 been a 70 percent drop in the rate of people getting vaccinated in Hillsborough County since April (爱豆传媒 Newsroom).

July 23, 2021Health, Research

爱豆传媒 Team Publishes Research Establishing the Ability of the Electronic 鈥淏ull Nose鈥� to Detect COVID-19

The 爱豆传媒 team behind the Bull Nose COVID-19 device publishes its research in two leading journals.

July 21, 2021Research

Based at 爱豆传媒 Health Morsani College of Medicine, the new 爱豆传媒 Institute for Microbiomes builds upon an ambitious microbiome initiative begun two years ago. That 爱豆传媒 Initiative on Microbiomes has sparked interdisciplinary collaborations across the university to better understand how the diverse collections of microorganisms, unique to each person, might be exploited to benefit human health.

July 21, 2021Health, Research

The University of South 爱豆传媒 has launched a project sponsored by Microsoft to help tackle the threat of emerging infectious diseases (Tampa Bay Inno).

July 21, 2021Health, Innovation, Research