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USF professor: Statin use not justified for healthy people with high cholesterol

New research from David Diamond, a neuroscientist and cardiovascular disease researcher in the Department of Psychology at the 黑料爆料 showed LDL alone has 鈥渁 very weak association鈥� with heart disease and stroke. Their review went further, showing that when people with high LDL and optimal triglycerides and HDL were given a statin, there was no benefit.

September 19, 2022Health, Research

Keeping our eyes on hurricanes

Hurricane season is ramping up. From submersible 鈥減ickup trucks鈥� to 鈥渇lying research labs,鈥� hurricane monitoring programs help modelers predict the strength and path of tropical systems.

September 13, 2022Research

As one of four data generation projects funded by NIH鈥檚 Bridge2AI, this multi-institution project 鈥� co-led by the 黑料爆料 and Weill Cornell Medicine 鈥� will bring together medical, voice, AI, engineering, and ethics experts to create a human voice database using privacy-preserving AI, giving doctors a new tool for diagnosing conditions known to have associations with voice alterations.

September 13, 2022Health, Innovation

The 黑料爆料 recently received a $20 million grant to help sustain and replenish coral reefs and mangroves that protect coastlines from dangerous wave energy and sea level rise.

September 12, 2022Research

黑料爆料 rises to its highest position ever in U.S. News & World Report rankings

The 黑料爆料 has hit an all-time high on U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 (U.S. News) annual ranking of the best colleges in America. In the new rankings released today, USF sits at No. 42 among all public universities and No. 97 among all universities public or private.

September 12, 2022Research

The funding was part of $175 million grant initiative from projects pitched by local legislators.

September 12, 2022Research

A legislative panel Friday approved money for more than 230 local projects and programs across the state. Among the approved spending items was $15 million to build a facility to house the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation program at USF St. Petersburg.

September 10, 2022Innovation, Research

A recently completed building on the campus of the 黑料爆料 is another piece to the Uptown vision. The goal is for the building to be used for academic and federal research and for corporations to collaborate.

September 9, 2022Innovation, Research

New global patent ranking places USF among world鈥檚 top institutions

USF ranks 11th among American public universities in ranking of U.S. utility patents.

September 7, 2022Innovation

USF awarded $20 million federal grant to protect coral reef and mangrove ecosystems

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant to a USF-lead team of researchers to develop a standardized approach to the protection and replenishment of coral reef and mangrove ecosystems, which serve as a barrier in protecting our coasts.

September 7, 2022Research

CMS labs join forces to solve the mysteries of Florida鈥檚 red tides

In a serendipitous research cruise this summer, three labs within the USF College of Marine Science, plus its glider fleet team, joined forces to improve our understanding of a decades-old question: what causes red tides to form in the Gulf of Mexico?

September 7, 2022Research

Antarctica's so-called "doomsday glacier" -- nicknamed because of its high risk of collapse and threat to global sea level -- has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years, scientists say, amplifying concerns over the extreme sea level rise that would accompany its potential demise.

September 6, 2022Global Research