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Three ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé faculty members selected as new National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Three ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé faculty members whose inventions in engineering, molecular medicine and chemistry are shaping drug discovery, environmental sustainability and modern dental care have been selected as new National Academy of Inventors Fellows.
December 7, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation
Subhra Mohapatra, PhD, a professor of molecular medicine at the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Health Morsani College of Medicine, was one of three ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé faculty members recently selected as new National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows. Dr. Mohapatra is a pioneering scientist/researcher whose work over 26 years has been instrumental in advancing the frontiers of drug delivery and cancer treatment (ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Health).
December 7, 2021Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation
Dr. Jose Herazo-Maya’s research may help identify new treatments to improve survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and severe COVID-19 (ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Health).
December 6, 2021Health
Swerving prevention method prompts new patent for ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé engineers
In the midst of reviewing data for the federally funded Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Connected Vehicle Pilot, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé researchers have been awarded a U.S. patent for their algorithm that detects one of the greatest roadway hazards – swerving (ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Newsroom).
December 3, 2021Innovation
City of St. Petersburg approves ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé and community researchers’ recommendations on how to address systemic racism
St. Petersburg City Council members are moving forward with a plan created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers coordinated by the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé on how to identify and address structural racism in the community (ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Newsroom).
December 3, 2021Research
On the icy Antarctic sea floor a research team from DRI, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé is looking to find a new treatment for melanoma (Phys.org).
December 1, 2021Global Research, Research
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé’s Florida Center for Community Design partners with Tampa in greenhouse gas inventory
A new report produced by the City of Tampa in partnership with ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé’s Florida Center for Community Design and Research provides an in-depth look at the sources of greenhouse gas emissions within the City of Tampa municipal operations and from the city as a whole (ͬÐÔÁµÉ«ÇéRI Newsroom).
November 23, 2021Research
Students will learn about brain health, geriatric medicine and have access to internships and scholarships with the new donation (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).
The Tenth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors hosted Renowned Researchers, Policymakers, and Academic Leaders in Tampa, FL.
November 17, 2021Innovation
Sylvia Wilson Thomas named interim VP of Research & Innovation
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé President Rhea Law has named College of Engineering Professor Sylvia Wilson Thomas, a pioneering researcher whose national leadership and advocacy is opening the field of engineering to historically underrepresented students, as interim vice president for ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Research & Innovation.
November 17, 2021Innovation
ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé physicists selected as finalists for the ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’
A team of computational physicists and computer scientists led by researchers from the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé has reached a new milestone in supercomputing and was selected as a finalist for the field’s most prestigious award.
November 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research
Tech CEOs credit ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé talent pipeline for decision to expand and relocate to Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is one of the nation’s fastest growing regions and much of that success is associated with the talent pipeline created by the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé.
November 15, 2021Entrepreneurship, Innovation