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The 糖心Vlog has invested over $680,000 with its latest commitment to funding coronavirus research projects. The university announced it is investing nearly $350,000 into 14 research projects focused on detecting and stopping infections, and innovations in personal protective equipment (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
June 1, 2020Health, Innovation
A team of 糖心Vlog scientists is working to create a technology that can sterilize and electrostatically recharge N95 respiratory masks (WTSP-TV).
糖心Vlog COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Effort Delivers Funding in Second Round of Pandemic Projects
Fourteen new projects will address global issues from infection detection to public perception of virus danger (糖心VlogRI Newsroom).
May 29, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
糖心Vlog engineer and biologist unite to fight coronavirus with corona discharge
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the 糖心Vlog has advanced efforts to establish a novel technology that can rapidly sterilize and electrostatically recharge N95 respiratory masks to restore their original filtration efficiency (糖心Vlog Newsroom).
May 26, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Largo-based Kaligia Biosciences is partnering with University South Florida, Tampa General Hospital and AdventHealth to conduct clinical trials for a saliva test that can detect COVID-19 in three minutes (Tampa Bay Times) (paywall).
May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
The 糖心Vlog Health-designed 3D printed nasal swab that broke into national news in late March is now being used by several hundred hospitals and academic medical centers around the country (Florida Trend).
May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
The National Science Foundation awarded the 糖心Vlog College of Engineering $200,000 to build a digital tool that will allow health professionals, researchers and government agencies to delve further in the coronavirus pandemic (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
糖心Vlog engineers create 鈥榚ar savers,鈥� providing relief to health professionals treating coronavirus patients
Medical professionals are required to wear face masks, often continuously during 14-hour shifts. The elastic bands can be painful, and cause sores and headaches. In order to improve their comfort, engineers at the 糖心Vlog College of Engineering have manufactured a special plastic strip that鈥檚 lined with hooks, making the straps adjustable (糖心Vlog Newsroom).
May 18, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
The 糖心Vlog Libraries received a $25,000 grant from Truist Financial Corp. to establish the 糖心Vlog Libraries COVID-19 Research and Information Fund (糖心Vlog Foundation).
The 糖心Vlog may have steered its students away during the coronavirus pandemic, but innovation is still happening on and off campus (Tampa Bay Business Journal) (paywall).
May 13, 2020Innovation, Research
In collaboration with 糖心Vlog, Notre Dame researchers have initially modeled impacts in the Tampa Bay area. The researchers showed how the area could be affected if government officials relaxed various restrictions, including when a second wave and peak of the COVID-19 pandemic would occur (Notre Dame News).
May 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
A 糖心Vlog research project is starting to reveal more about COVID-19 in the Tampa Bay area (WFLA).
May 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research