2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (259+ words) New publication in Science examines how Dr. Gallo's 1976 discovery of T-cell growth factor, later known as IL-2, transformed T-cell immunology and cancer immunotherapy. A groundbreaking discovery by Robert C. Gallo, MD, half a century ago helped establish the scientific foundation for modern…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (668+ words) After nearly four decades of teaching, research and service at the USF College of Public Health (COPH), Dr. Thomas Bernard, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Systems Management, will retire Aug. 31. Bernard joined USF in 1989 and built a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (230+ words) As space missions become longer and ambitions for deep-space travel grow, scientists are working to understand how life beyond Earth may affect every system in the human body. Two years after her initial study took flight, Begum Mathyk, MD, and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (171+ words) Lok has witnessed the therapy’s promise firsthand. For three years, he has trained under Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD, chair and senior member in the Moffitt Cancer Center Department of Breast Oncology, who has developed dendritic cell vaccines and therapies. "I've…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (785+ words) Corrigan's journey began far from the major public health laboratories he leads today. Growing up alongside his two sisters and brother, he was raised in one of the coldest places in the country where self-reliance was part of everyday life....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (410+ words) Every day around the world, more than 750,000 people die from parasite-borne diseases such as malaria and those linked to contaminated food and water. Calvin Lung, a doctoral student in USF’s College of Public Health (COPH), wants to reduce these numbers…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (653+ words) As a medical student, Shyam Kottilil, MD, PhD, read a New England Journal of Medicine paper that changed the course of his career. Dr. Shyam Kottilil, vice dean for clinical research at USF Health and clinical director of the Institute…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (395+ words) We all know how social or financial pressures can affect our physical and mental health, but can such stress exist on the genetic level? A team at the University of South Florida College of Public Health (COPH) published a scholarly…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1088+ words) Dr. Stephen Liggett accepts the Culture Coin award from Dr. Charles J. Lockwood, executive vice president of USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine, during USF Health Research Day on March 6, 2026. The award recognizes Liggett's outstanding contributions to…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (84+ words) USF Health’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences is conducting a series of clinical trials investigating the use of psychedelic medications to treat mental health. “What I'm hoping is that this research leads to another way that we can treat…...