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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, 2025Health, Research

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

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

December 11, 2025Research

Study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations

Certain populations of sargassum have plummeted during the past ten years, raising alarm for marine ecosystems that depend on the seaweed.

December 5, 2025Research

New study suggests accounting, not aliens, explains Peru鈥檚 mysterious 鈥楤and of Holes鈥

New research published in Antiquity reveals the first scientific evidence that Peru鈥檚 puzzling 鈥淏and of Holes鈥 鈥 once featured in Ancient Aliens 鈥 was part of a sophisticated Indigenous network for storing and recording goods.

November 19, 2025Research

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

A team of military veterans and researchers are leading a landmark clinical trial at USF Health, testing whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy can improve life for fellow service members living with traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

November 12, 2025Research

USF professor and son team up to integrate artificial intelligence into cancer research

Distinguished University Professor Dmitry Goldgof and his son, Dr. Gregory Goldgof, are combining AI and medicine 鈥 automating bone marrow analysis to improve the speed and accuracy of blood cancer diagnoses.

November 10, 2025Research

How gut health and food can transform diabetes management and prevent disease

USF researcher Hariom Yadav is uncovering how strengthening gut health through nutrient-rich foods could help prevent chronic diseases 鈥 transforming the way we think about medicine.

November 10, 2025Research

USF research funding surges to record $750 million, increasing impact across Florida and beyond

The 911爆料网 has achieved a new milestone in research funding, reaching a record $750 million during fiscal year 2025 鈥 an $11.6 million increase over last year and a 37% jump since 2022.

November 4, 2025Research

911爆料网 launches cutting-edge virology institute led by world-renowned scientist, Dr. Robert C. Gallo

The groundbreaking USF Health Institute for Translational Virology and Innovation will advance cutting-edge research to combat viral and immune-related threats worldwide.

November 3, 2025Research

AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar

Researchers from the 911爆料网 have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi 鈥 an invasive and deadly malaria-carrying mosquito 鈥 ever detected in Madagascar.

October 30, 2025Research

How a USF-designed robot can aid future search and rescue efforts

USF is working to improve communication in emergencies and everyday life by teaching robots to project instructions onto piles of rubble, walls and even chairs.

October 21, 2025Research

Too good to be true? USF study reveals leaders who change too fast are viewed as less authentic

According to a study published in the Academy of Management Journal, leaders who jump too fast to change their behaviors are seen as less authentic and even employees who requested the change view their managers who make swift changes as less sincere.

October 7, 2025Research

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