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Approaching burnout after a decade in a demanding engineering job on Florida’s Space Coast, David Norton, MBA '03, was ready for something new.

January 21, 2026Research

USF Health research team awarded $3.3 million to research how the body’s lymphatic system affects disease

USF is one of 11 locations nationally to receive awards Tuesday to work on developing new techniques for medical imaging of the lymphatic system, identifying new biomarkers and identifying genomic variants that can be used to diagnose lymphatic dysfunction.

January 20, 2026Morsani College of Medicine, Research

USF rises in new research rankings, outpacing many peer institutions in growth

With $522 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2024, USF ranks No. 47 among the nation’s public universities – and a growth rate higher than 90% of members of the Association of American Universities.

January 13, 2026Research

USF Health researchers seeking better, safer alternatives to current opioid drugs

Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to provide pain relief, offering greater hope that new classes of these drugs may eventually be used to relieve pain without potentially deadly side effects.

December 17, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

RISE celebrates 10 years advancing medical student research at USF Health

The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Office of Research, Innovation and Scholarly Endeavors (RISE) celebrates 10 years of supporting medical student research and scholarly development.

December 17, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

USF Health researcher welcomed into National Academy of Inventors

USF Provost and Executive Vice President Prasant Mohapatra and Professors Christian Bréchot and Chandrakant Patel have been selected as 2025 Fellows to the National Academy of Inventors — considered the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.

December 11, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

Rebuilding the human heart: USF Health’s Center for Regenerative Medicine is transforming the future of healing

Led by Dr. Da-Zhi Wang, USF Health scientists are unlocking the body’s natural ability to repair itself and redefining what’s possible in medicine.

November 24, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

What’s that smell? USF Health researchers say strong food aromas may curb appetite

In a new study, USF Health researchers say that strong food aromas may actually suppress appetite.

November 19, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

Smoking cannabis in combination with eating highly processed foods raises cardiac health risks, USF Health study finds

Consuming a diet heavy in processed foods, especially those laden with seed oils, and smoking cannabis may compromise the immune system, according to the paper published recently in the journal Life Sciences.

November 18, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

USF Health researcher unlocking how key molecule boosts benefits of exercise

A team of USF Health researchers is gaining new insights into a specific molecule and how it produces the physiological benefits from exercise.

November 17, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

Veteran-led mission: Meet the service members powering USF’s landmark hyperbaric oxygen therapy research

Veterans are leading the charge in a $28 million USF Health clinical trial exploring whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy can effectively treat traumatic brain injury and PTSD. Meet three of the veterans driving the project forward.

November 10, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research

USF Health researcher and international team win multi-million research grant

USF Health researcher Yong Xu, MD, PhD, and two United Kingdom colleagues have won an international research grant worth more than $11 million.

November 5, 2025Morsani College of Medicine, Research