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3D printing transforms how USF Health surgeons prepare for complex procedures

Surgeons at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital are rehearsing high-risk procedures on 3D-printed replicas of their patients’ own organs. Take a look inside their cutting-edge lab where scans become lifesaving tools.

January 29, 2026Research and Innovation, USF Health

How cell phone research at USF sparked a new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease

What began as a surprising experiment with cell phone-like signals has led to a promising new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease. Follow the decades-long research journey behind a head cap technology that helped one patient regain her memory – and could transform brain health for millions.

January 29, 2026Research and Innovation

USF-engineered material uses sunlight to combat Florida's red tide

What if sunlight could help curb Florida’s red tide? USF researchers have engineered a reusable, light-activated material that slows harmful algae growth – offering a promising, environmentally safe approach to protecting coastal waters, public health and marine life.

January 29, 2026Research and Innovation, Student Success

Scientists harness AI to discover a rise in floating algae across the global ocean

Researchers have conducted a comprehensive study of global floating algae and found that blooms are expanding across the ocean – potentially having a significant impact on marine life, tourism and coastal economies.

January 21, 2026Research and Innovation

How a kiddie pool and native plants from the Lake Wales Ridge helped baby millipedes hatch in captivity.

January 15, 2026Research and Innovation

Why is the flu so bad this year?

As flu cases rise across the country, USF Health virologist Dr. Michael Teng explains what makes this season unique and how you can best take care of yourself and your family.

January 15, 2026Research and Innovation, USF Health

Laws must keep up with fast-moving AI: A conversation with USF researcher Karni Chagal-Feferkorn

Chagal-Feferkorn’s work examines the gray areas of liability when autonomous systems are involved in causing damage, the dangers AI poses to children and a growing need for tech creators and policymakers to collaborate before systems are deployed.

January 14, 2026Research and Innovation

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 and Innovation, University News

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

USF Health researchers 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 18, 2025Research and Innovation, USF Health

USF Health, TGH surgeon performs nation’s first fully robotic microsurgery with FDA-cleared NanoWrist® instruments

This innovation allows surgeons to perform delicate tissue dissection and vessel preparation with unmatched control, marking a new era in minimally invasive care for patients living with lymphedema.

December 11, 2025Research and Innovation, USF Health

National Academy of Inventors welcomes three USF inventors into its 2025 class of fellows

USF Provost and Executive Vice President Prasant Mohapatra and Professors Christian Bréchot and Chandrakant PatelÌýhave been selected as 2025 Fellows to theÌýNational Academy of InventorsÌý– considered the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.

December 11, 2025Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation

USF study finds widespread rule-breaking in whale shark tourism hotspot

One of the world’s busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the world’s biggest fish may be paying the price.

December 10, 2025Research and Innovation