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Data scientists from the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV have developed a new model to predict the spread of COVID-19 throughout Tampa Bay using mobile data (WFLA).

July 22, 2020Health, Innovation

Physician-scientist Dr. Sarah Yuan will expand her nationally prominent microvascular research program to include COVID-19.

July 22, 2020Health

Rather than handling the live virus in the study, researchers are using a safer, COVID-19 pseudotype, which also holds the same enzyme that gives fireflies their glow (WFTS).

July 22, 2020Health, Innovation

A system designed and patented at Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV to predict if an elderly person might fall has been adapted to help businesses enforce social distancing guidelines in the age of COVID-19.

July 21, 2020Health

The university announced Monday a $500,000 fund was formed by the Office of the Provost and Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research and Innovation. The fund will invest in yearlong projects from Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV researchers, delving into the various factors that contribute to economic disparity, police violence, social injustices and more (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

July 21, 2020Research

Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV launches research initiative to better understand and address racism in local, national and international communities

The university will invest $500,000 to support interdisciplinary projects with a goal to foster anti-racism, build community partnerships (Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Newsroom).

July 20, 2020Global Research, Research

Faculty members from the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Hearing Clinic started a project in April to create face-view masks that would help their patients see the facial expressions of people at the health center (Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Oracle).

July 16, 2020Innovation

The Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV is working on wearable technology that aims to detect the progression of coronavirus in people most at risk (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

July 10, 2020Health, Innovation

Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV researchers took data from Miami-Dade and modeled what masks and contact tracing, among other strategies, would do (Tampa Bay Times).

July 9, 2020Health, Innovation

Four promising antiviral drug candidates identified and analyzed in preclinical study (ScienceDaily).

July 6, 2020Health, Innovation

The power of protest

Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV expert discusses the significance of past and present social movements and their impact on society (Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Newsroom).

June 25, 2020Research

Researchers at the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV are working to identify the physiological response to COVID-19, in hopes of developing an early warning system for patients who may be at risk for severe illness (WFTS).

June 24, 2020Health, Innovation