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Topic: MPSS
(Minority Pre-Professional Science Society) |
March
27, 2005 |
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USF's Minority Pre-Professional
Science Society, a group that offers support to minority
students who are interested in the health professions,
is holding a banquet April 2nd to raise funds for scholarships and MCAT
preparation.
Listen
Now! If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Doctor
Melvin James (email: mjames@cas.usf.edu)
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
MPSS WEBSITE: www.ctr.usf.edu/mpss/index.html
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Topic: Quality and Meaning at the End of Life |
March
20 , 20055 |
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USF's Center for Hospice, Palliative
Care and End of Life Studies recently hosted a two-day
conference in Tampa to discuss issues related with
caring
for people at the end of their lives, as well as how to best assist their
caregivers.
Listen
Now! If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
USF's
Center for Hospice, Palliative Care
and End of Life Studies
813-974-9128
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
www.palliativecenter.hsc.usf.edu
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Topic: Nanotech Anti-biotics |
March
13 , 2005 |
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First, USF chemists developed
synthetic antibiotics that are very successful
in killing drug-resistant bacteria. Now they've
developed a microscopic "delivery
vehicle" for those drugs.
Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr.
Ed Turos, (email: eturos@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Professor, Department of Chemistry
813-974-7312
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
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Topic: Medicare
HMO Costs |
March
6 , 2005 |
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Research done by an associate
professor of surgery at USF's College of Medicine
was supposed to focus on the effects of colon resections
on the elderly... but instead turned up very surprising
findings about Medicare and Medicare HMO's. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Michel
M. Murr, M.D. (email: mmurr@hsc.usf.edu)
Associate
Professor of Surgery,
College of Medicine 813-844-7394
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
ARTICLE
ABSTRACT
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Topic: Leadership Program |
February
27 , 2005 |
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USF is helping turn out
better leaders with its "Graduate Leadership
Program," which trains people in any major
to be better leaders. The program focuses on financial
performance, as well as social justice and environmental
issues. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr.
Alan Balfour (email: abalfour@coba.usf.edu)
Director, Graduate Leadership Program
Chair, Department of Management & Organization
813-974-1785
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
LEADERSHIP
WEBSITE
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Topic: Huntington's Center |
February
20 , 2005 |
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USF is the new home to one
of only 21 "Centers of Excellence" in
treating Huntington's Disease in the nation. The
center offers screening, treatment, research and
support for people with Huntington's, as well as
their family and caregivers.
Listen
Now! If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
USF
HDSA CENTER
1-888-873-3627
or 813-974-6022
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
NATIONAL
HDSA WEBSITE: http://www.hdsa.org/
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Topic: HPV
Study |
February
13 , 2005 |
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Dr. Anna Giuliano, a researcher
at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, has been awarded
a 10 million dollar grant from the National Institutes
of Health, the largest grant ever to a Moffitt
researcher. Her study will help determine men's
roles in spreading human papillomavirus, or HPV,
which causes cervical cancer in women. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr.
Anna Giuliano, (email: giuliaar@moffitt.usf.edu)
Program Leader for Risk Assessment, Detection & Intervention,
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center / Professor,
Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine
(813) 903-6820
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
To Volunteer
For the Study: 813-745-6996
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Topic: Heart Attacks - Stem Cells |
February
6 , 2005 |
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With Valentine's Day coming
up, February is fittingly American Heart Month
and American Heart Association Month. A recent
study conducted by a team of USF researchers, sponsored
by the AHA and the Veteran's Administration and
published by the journal Cell Transplantation,
shows that stem cells taken from umbilical cord
blood effectively treated heart attacks in an animal
study. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr.
Robert Henning, MD, (email: rhenning@hsc.usf.edu)
Professor
Internal Medicine,
USF College of Medicine/Cardiologist,
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
813-978-5873
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
Article
in Journal: "Cell
Transplantation"
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Topic: Hurricane Charley and the Elderly |
January
30 , 2005 |
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When Hurricane Charley hit
Charlotte County, it also brought an opportunity
to researchers at USF's de la Parte Florida Mental
Health Institute…an opportunity to look at
the mental effects the storm had on the area's
senior citizens. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Lisa
Brown, Ph.D., (email: lmbrown@fmhi.usf.edu)
Assistant Professor, Department of Aging and Mental Health,
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
813-974-1603/974-0098
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
Article
in Tampa Tribune: Charley
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Topic: Suncoast Writer's Conferernce |
January
23 , 2005 |
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The 33rd Annual "Florida
Suncoast Writers' Conference" will take place
February 3rd through 5th at the Sirata Beach Resort
on Saint Petersburg Beach. As many as 400 people
are expected to attend the conference, which offers
over 50 workshops conducted by professional writers,
as well as speeches by a number of award-winning
authors. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Betty
Moss, Ph.D.,undergraduate
advisor, (email : bmoss@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
USF Department of English/Director, Florida Suncoast Writers' Conference
813/974-9458
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
TO REGISTER
FOR CONFERENCE:
USF Continuing
Education (813) 974-2403 or (813)
974-5731
or
website: http://english.cas.usf.edu/fswc/
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Topic: 150K
Kids 2004 |
January
16 , 2005 |
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The third annual fall conference
sponsored by the USF Collaborative for Children, Families
and Communities expanded its target audience to reach
more Bay Area youth.
"More Than 150 Thousand Kids Taking Charge" not only reached out to
local teens, but teens also helped plan and carry out the conference. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Judi
Jetson, (email: Jetson@usfcollab.usf.edu)
USF Collaborative for Children, Families & Communities
813-974- 7318
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
Collaborative
website: www.usfcollab.usf.edu
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Topic: Cancer Pain |
January
9 , 2005 |
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Researchers
at USF and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
Center have found that managing patients'
pain could be as easy as A-B-C. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Dr.
Hector Vila, (email: vilah@moffitt.usf.edu)
Chief of Anestheiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center/
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, USF College of Medicine
813-972-8486 x 1674
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University Beat Producer
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Topic: Pregnancy and Stress |
January
2, 2005 |
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Thanks to
a 1.1 million-dollar grant from the
CDC, USF is conducting a study of
African-American women and how stress
has an effect on their pregnancies.
Research currently shows such stress
increases the risk of pre-term deliveries
by fifty to ninety percent in African-American
women. Listen
Now!
If you
would like more information on this
subject, please contact:
Wendy
Nembhard, Ph.D. (email: mjw@stpt.usf.edu)
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
813-974-6861
or Mark
Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com)
University
Beat Producer |
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