Theresa Beckie, PhD, of the USF College of Nursing, compared the physical and psychosocial effects of a traditional cardiac rehabilitation to a program geared specifically for women. ORLANDO, FL. (Nov. 17, 2009) — Depressive symptoms improved among women with coronary heart disease who participated in a motivationally-enhanced cardiac rehabilitation program exclusively for women, according to [...] ... [Read]

L to R: Dr. Juan Sanchez Ramos, Dr. Ashok Raj and Dr. Chuanhai Cao are part of a multidisciplinary USF health team investigating how GCSF reverses Alzheimer's pathology. A recently published study led by University of South Florida neuroscientist Juan Sanchez-Ramos, PhD, MD, is a pivotal example of successful translational research originating at USF Health – [...] ... [Read]

TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 3, 2009) -- A depression drug created and patented by a team of University of South Florida researchers is at the center of Thursday’s major deal between global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC and Targacept, Inc., earning the university its potentially most lucrative patent royalties to date. The drug, TC-5214, is the invention of [...] ... [Read]

- CRT device use varies widely, large-scale study finds - Tampa, FL (Dec. 11, 2009) -- Most patients with heart failure likely to benefit from a pacemaker including the capacity for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not receive such an implantable device, reports a national study in the December 2009 issue of the American Heart Journal. [...] ... [Read]

Newschannel 8 anchor Gayle Sierens interviews Dr. Stephen Klasko, USF medical dean. The USF College of Medicine was featured on last night’s (Nov. 3rd) newscast of WFLA Newschannel 8 in a story titled “A New DNA for Doctors.” COM Dean Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA, was interviewed by veteran news anchor Gayle Sierens for a segment on [...] ... [Read]

The USF arm of the NIH trials will be performed at Genesis, Tampa General Hospial and USF clinics. Tampa, FL (Oct. 26, 2009) -- The University of South Florida is participating in two federal studies to see whether the H1N1 vaccine can safely elicit a protective immune response in pregnant women, as well as in children [...] ... [Read]

The USF Health Rothman Center for Neuropsychiatry in St. Petersburg is conducting a two-year federal trial testing the effectiveness of behavioral psychotherapy in treating anxiety among young adolescents with autism. USF is one three sites for the $1-million study, sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) through the American Recovery and [...] ... [Read]

Arthur Cohen was a healthy, active 85-year-old when his Toronto doctor recommended a colonoscopy to check for early signs of colorectal cancer. The c ... [Read]

THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- New cases of genital warts have declined sharply since vaccination of teen girls and young women against the hum ... [Read]

Recovery Act funds COPH study and pilot training program A USF College of Public Health researcher has received a highly competitive National Institutes of Health grant to create and evaluate a web-based training program to help dentists and dental hygienists identify patients with eating disorders and refer them for treatment. Rita DeBate, PhD, associate professor [...] ... [Read]

- Long research road delivers - USF Health neuroscientist Doug Shytle, PhD (right), accepts the Excellence in Innovation Award from Paul Sanberg, PhD, DSc, associate vice president for research and innovation. The University of South Florida’s 2009 “Excellence in Innovation” award was presented last week to R. Douglas Shytle, PhD, associate professor and research scientist in the [...] ... [Read]

     Imagine two retirees, both in Florida, both with similar lifestyles and health conditions. The only difference: one lives in Miami, the other in Tampa.       Chances are, the federal government spends nearly twice as much on the Miami retiree as the Tampa one.       Those are among the findings of a project called the Dartmouth Atlas, [...] ... [Read]

Three College of Public Health faculty members have been recognized with 2009 Outstanding Research Achievement Awards -- John Adams, PhD, Professor, Global Health; Russell Kirby, PhD, Professor and Marrell Endowed Chair, Community and Family Health; and Hamisu Salihu, MD, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology. The awards are bestowed on faculty whose exceptional research was recognized [...] ... [Read]

Some of the USF Health faculty awarded federal research stimulus funds. Since this spring, USF Health faculty submitted 116 proposals for economic stimulus funding available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The ARRA applicants gathered Oct. 6 in the USF Health Rotunda to celebrate the fruits of their collaborative efforts – 21 federal [...] ... [Read]

     The USF College of Medicine is expanding  its ability to study tiny things called “nanoparticles,”  thanks to a $1.39 million federal grant to its USF Nanomedicine Research Center.      The grant comes from the National Institutes of Health and is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.      The Nanomedicine Research Center’s  mission is to [...] ... [Read]

The antibiotic minocycline may revolutionize the treatment of strokes. A new study, published online Oct. 6 in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience, describes the safety and therapeutic effectiveness of the drug in animal models. Cesar V. Borlongan, PhD, a neuroscientist at the University of South Florida Center for Aging and Brain Repair, worked with [...] ... [Read]