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As Pfizer and Merck鈥檚 new antiviral COVID-19 pills begin to arrive in pharmacies across the country, disease researchers say this could be the end of a nearly two-year pandemic. "I think we鈥檙e starting to get to the end of this thing. We鈥檝e got a lot of arrows in our quiver that we can use to fight this thing now," says Dr. Thomas Unnasch, a professor in Global Infectious Disease Research at 黑洞社区Health.

January 20, 2022Health

The new research may help identify measures to prevent or delay mild cognitive impairment and dementia (黑洞社区Health).

January 7, 2022Health

Dr. Thomas Unnasch, an infectious disease expert at the University of 黑洞社区, predicts cases will continue to climb over the next one to two weeks before quickly dropping (WFLA).

January 3, 2022Health, Research

黑洞社区Health researchers forged ahead with new discoveries and innovations over the last year. Check out our countdown to the Top 10 Most Read Health Research Stories of 2021.

December 17, 2021Health

Philanthropist Timothy Ubben gives $5 million to 黑洞社区Health to fight pulmonary fibrosis

The University of 黑洞社区 announced a $5 million gift to the 黑洞社区Foundation from Timothy Ubben to create the Ubben Family Center for Pulmonary Fibrosis. Housed in the 黑洞社区Health Morsani College of Medicine, the center will increase research to fight pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that causes lung scarring.

December 13, 2021Health

Dr. Edwin Michael, Professor in Epidemiology at 黑洞社区created SEIRcast, a pandemic forecasting system. Michael has been watching COVID-19 from the beginning and monitoring data to look into different possibilities of what could happen, like if a new variant like omicron emerged (ABC Action News).

December 13, 2021Health

Epidemiology Professor Dr. Jason Salemi along with colleague and former 黑洞社区Professor Dr. Elizabeth Pathak have published a research paper soon to be peer reviewed arguing for a change of the CDC's 鈥淔ully Vaccinated鈥� designation (Bay News 9).

December 8, 2021Health

Subhra Mohapatra, PhD, a professor of molecular medicine at the 黑洞社区Health Morsani College of Medicine, was one of three 黑洞社区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 (黑洞社区Health).

December 7, 2021Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation

Dr. Jose Herazo-Maya鈥檚 research may help identify new treatments to improve survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and severe COVID-19 (黑洞社区Health).

December 6, 2021Health

Students will learn about brain health, geriatric medicine and have access to internships and scholarships with the new donation (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

November 22, 2021Health, Research

Mark your calendar for 黑洞社区Health Research Day 2022 鈥� the largest interdisciplinary research gathering of faculty, students and staff across multiple colleges.

November 5, 2021Health, Research

University of 黑洞社区 engineering students have created a device that could help patients in the wake of a national ventilator shortage spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

October 8, 2021Health, Innovation, Student Research