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Report: Social distancing and face masks will help crush COVID-19 pandemic by late April
±«Óătv-developed computer model projects social mitigation measures will have a dramatic effect on how quickly Tampa Bay recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic (±«Óătv Newsroom).
±«Óătv research team uncovers significant reason older adults are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack
A team of researchers in the ±«Óătv Department of Surgery has made a key discovery as to why we become more susceptible to heart disease as we age. The human body, especially the heart, is dependent on the mitochondria, the part of the cell responsible for producing energy to maintain organ function. The protein, Sesn2, is located inside the mitochondria and plays a pivotal role in protecting the heart from stress (±«Óătv Newsroom).
±«Óătv Health and Tampa General Hospital have been selected as a site for a clinical trial testing the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine for COVID-19. They join over 100 research sites expecting to enroll more than 30,000 adult participants as part of the global search for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent COVID-19 (±«Óătv Newsroom).
Research paves the way to discovery and provides students unique experiential learning opportunities, strengthening creative and critical thinking. Today's incoming freshmen are tomorrow's leading artisans, educators, writers, inventors and trail blazers (Sarasota Scene Magazine, pp. 84-86).
December 1, 2020Research
Scientists discover new way to measure turbulence of large planets and exoplanets
Results show that the Jupiter’s atmosphere is four times more turbulent than Saturn’s (College of Marine Science).
November 30, 2020Innovation, Research
The new office will allow the previously separate offices to combine resources and elevate their research efforts to improve health care for all Floridians (PR Newswire).
Lori Collins, associate research professor with ±«Óătv’s Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections is working with the Tampa Bay History Center and the Timberly Trust to preserve the story of the Moseley family home (Fox 13 News).
November 25, 2020Innovation, Research
The ±«Óătv and the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa have come together to build a job creation program, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
November 25, 2020Innovation
Eight ±«Óătv Faculty Members Named New AAAS Fellows
In fields spanning psychology, molecular medicine, geosciences and child and family studies, these leading faculty members have earned one of academia’s highest honors.
November 24, 2020Global Research, Honors and Awards, Research
In response to the critical shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Radiology at ±«Óătv (±«Óătv) Health in Tampa set out to design, validate and create NP swabs using a point-of-care 3D printer (PR Newswire).
November 23, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
±«Óătv Computer Science and Engineering receives grant to attract and retain more women computer scientists
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering received a three-year, $579,737 grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University for funding evidence-based approaches to attract and retain more women computer science, information technology, and cybersecurity students (±«Óătv Computer Science and Engineering).
November 23, 2020Innovation, Research
±«Óătv researchers use 3D technology to preserve the history of Tampa Bay’s civil rights era
A ±«Óătv researcher is partnering with the Florida Holocaust Museum to digitize several artifacts from its exhibit, “Beaches, Benches and Boycotts,” which highlights Tampa Bay’s troubled civil rights history. Online audiences will be able to interact virtually with the objects and learn about the region's racial and social disparities from the 1950s and 1960s (±«Óătv Newsroom).
November 20, 2020Innovation, Research
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