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Three USF faculty members selected as new National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Three ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp faculty members whose inventions in engineering, molecular medicine and chemistry are shaping drug discovery, environmental sustainability and modern dental care have been selected as new National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

December 7, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation

Subhra Mohapatra, PhD, a ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp of molecular medicine at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, was one of three USF faculty members recently selected as new National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows. Dr. Mohapatra is a pioneering scientist/researcher whose work over 26 years has been instrumental in advancing the frontiers of drug delivery and cancer treatment (USF Health).

December 7, 2021Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation

Dr. Jose Herazo-Maya’s research may help identify new treatments to improve survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and severe COVID-19 (USF Health).

December 6, 2021Health

Swerving prevention method prompts new patent for USF engineers

In the midst of reviewing data for the federally funded Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Connected Vehicle Pilot, USF researchers have been awarded a U.S. patent for their algorithm that detects one of the greatest roadway hazards – swerving (USF Newsroom).

December 3, 2021Innovation

City of St. Petersburg approves USF and community researchers’ recommendations on how to address systemic racism

St. Petersburg City Council members are moving forward with a plan created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers coordinated by the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp on how to identify and address structural racism in the community (USF Newsroom).

December 3, 2021Research

On the icy Antarctic sea floor a research team from DRI, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp is looking to find a new treatment for melanoma (Phys.org).

December 1, 2021Global Research, Research

USF’s Florida Center for Community Design partners with Tampa in greenhouse gas inventory

A new report produced by the City of Tampa in partnership with USF’s Florida Center for Community Design and Research provides an in-depth look at the sources of greenhouse gas emissions within the City of Tampa municipal operations and from the city as a whole (USFRI Newsroom).

November 23, 2021Research

Students will learn about brain health, geriatric medicine and have access to internships and scholarships with the new donation (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

November 22, 2021Health, Research

The Tenth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors hosted Renowned Researchers, Policymakers, and Academic Leaders in Tampa, FL.

November 17, 2021Innovation

Sylvia Wilson Thomas named interim VP of Research & Innovation

USF President Rhea Law has named College of Engineering Professor Sylvia Wilson Thomas, a pioneering researcher whose national leadership and advocacy is opening the field of engineering to historically underrepresented ÅÝܽÊÓƵapps, as interim vice president for USF Research & Innovation.

November 17, 2021Innovation

USF physicists selected as finalists for the ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’

A team of computational physicists and computer scientists led by researchers from the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp has reached a new milestone in supercomputing and was selected as a finalist for the field’s most prestigious award.

November 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

Tech CEOs credit USF talent pipeline for decision to expand and relocate to Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay is one of the nation’s fastest growing regions and much of that success is associated with the talent pipeline created by the ÅÝܽÊÓƵapp.

November 15, 2021Entrepreneurship, Innovation