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±«Óãtv Health awarded $3.75 million NIH grant to study link between long COVID and Alzheimer’s disease
The funding allows a multidisciplinary team of ±«Óãtv Health researchers to study long COVID’s potential connection to serious neurological impacts that can ultimately lead to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and explore possible interventions.
October 28, 2024COVID-19, Research and Innovation, ±«Óãtv Health
New Student Health and Wellness Center provides students hands-on training, improved campus services
It’s one of the most modern buildings on campus, and its design is reflective of a post-COVID-19 era. ±«Óãtv’s new three-story, 47,000-square-foot Student Health and Wellness Center is nearly four times the size of the old Student Health Center, which had been located near the ±«Óãtv Tampa bookstore since 1980.
October 12, 2023Campus Life, Student Success
As COVID-19 pandemic marks three-year anniversary, ±«Óãtv researchers release key findings from national public opinion survey
Researchers at the ±«Óãtv have released results from a nationwide survey that measures attitudes related to the COVD-19 pandemic. The findings include opinions about vaccines, concerns about potential future outbreaks and the role political affiliations play in these results.Ìý
March 14, 2023University News
±«Óãtv has been awarded the Patents for Humanity award by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its creation of the 3D-printed nasal swab, created in the early part of the pandemic as a solution to the disrupted commercial production of standard swabs that were critical in diagnostic testing for COVID-19.
January 13, 2023Honors and Awards
±«Óãtv invention addresses worldwide mask shortage and pollution concerns
Technology created at ±«Óãtv could be the key to safely reusing disposable face masks. Researchers have figured out a way to rapidly disinfect and electrostatically recharge N95 respirators, recovering their original filtration efficiency and protection capability against COVID-19 and other airborne diseases.
October 6, 2021Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv researchers release findings from statewide COVID-19 opinion survey regarding vaccine hesitancy and policy
Researchers with the ±«Óãtv School of Public Affairs have released results from a statewide survey that helps to better understand the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and measures policy attitudes related to COVID-19 vaccines.
June 16, 2021Research and Innovation
±«Óãtv President Steven Currall honored ±«Óãtv College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen with the President’s Fellow Medallion at the Spring 2021 in-person commencement ceremony. It is the first time in Currall’s administration that the medallion, given at the president’s discretion, has been awarded.
May 19, 2021Honors and Awards
±«Óãtv launches study to identify impact of COVID-19 vaccinations on hurricane evacuation behaviors
The ±«Óãtv is helping prepare offices of emergency management across the nation for the upcoming hurricane season by determining how COVID-19 may impact evacuation behaviors.
May 4, 2021COVID-19
Donna Petersen, dean of ±«Óãtv's College of Public Health, sits down with ±«Óãtv President Steven C. Currall to answer questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
April 5, 2021COVID-19
±«Óãtv’s Yuengling Center serves as vaccination site for veterans and family members
The ±«Óãtv is helping the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics (Tampa VA) and the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County’s (DOH-Hillsborough) expand their vaccination operations by hosting a drive through clinic at ±«Óãtv’s Yuengling Center.
March 30, 2021COVID-19
The ±«Óãtv College of Public Health has seen a record increase in student applications for many of its degree programs.
March 22, 2021COVID-19, University News
±«Óãtv community demonstrates critical leadership in year-long response to COVID-19
The leadership demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by the ±«Óãtv has become a true testament to the spirit of faculty, staff and students – a spirit of perseverance, collaboration and community partnership, despite the emotional and often taxing circumstances that have become part of many daily lives.
March 12, 2021COVID-19, ±«Óãtv Health, University News