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USF's Florida Mental Health Institute has picked up a government grant to establish a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service. The new UCEDD will work closely with the community to help meet the needs of the developmentally disabled. Listen Now!

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. Don Kincaid, Associate Professor, Florida Mental Health Institute / co-Principal Investigator, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research & Service
Email: Kincaid@fmhi.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-7684

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In addition to being a time of "peace and joy," the holiday season can serve as a good time to observe elderly family members you may not see that often to see if there are any mental changes that could indicate the development of such impairments as dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Ross Andel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, USF's School of Aging Studies
Email: randel@cas.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-9743

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A researcher at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center on USF's Tampa campus is looking at treatments for lung cancer in people who've never smoked, and he's only one of six recipients of financial assistance this year from "Joan's Legacy: The Joan Scarangello Foundation to Conquer Lung Cancer." Listen Now!

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. Eric Haura, Assistant Professor
USF's Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology / Member-in-Residence
Thoracic Oncology Program
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Email: HauraEB@moffitt.usf.edu
Phone: 813-745-6827

JOAN'S LEGACY WEBSITE

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Thanks to an almost one and a half million dollar grant from the E-P-A, USF Saint Petersburg will house the new "Center for Science and Policy Applications for the Coastal Environment" (C-SPACE), which will focus on water quality and conservation, as well as environmental, ecosystem and policy issues. Listen Now!

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. Christopher D'Elia, Director, The Center for Science and Policy Applications for the Coastal Environment (C-SPACE)
Email: cdelia@spadmin.usf.edu

Or

Dr. James Gore, Deputy Director, C-SPACE
Email: jagore@stpt.usf.edu
Phone: 727-553-4869

Center Website

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The USF Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities recently co-hosted a conference that allowed researchers to present their ideas directly to members of organizations that can best put those ideas, concepts and findings into practice.
Listen Now!

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Judi Jetson, Director
USF Collaborative for Children, Families & Communities
E-mail: Jetson@usfcollab.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-7318

Collaborative website

Children's Board of Hillsborough County website

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Green tea has been shown to have positive effects when it comes to fighting high cholesterol and blood pressure, cancer, and even aging. Now, USF researchers are looking at a component found in green tea to see how strong an effect it has on Alzheimer's disease. Listen Now!

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
R. Douglas Shytle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
USF's Center for Excellence in Aging & Brain Repair/
Silver Child Development Center
E-mail: dshytle@hsc.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-1452

ARTICLE ABSTRACT

or Mark Schreiner (email: marvfan@aol.com) University Beat Producer

As USF continues to strengthen its standing in the research community, the Division of Patents and Licensing continues to play an important role in the effort by helping faculty take their ideas all the way from the drawing board to the marketplace. Listen Now!

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Valerie McDevitt, Director, University Division of Patents and Licensing
Email: vmcdevitt@research.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-0994

Division of Patents and Licensing Website

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An organization co-founded by officials from USF's de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is pushing legislators for tighter controls on residential youth treatment programs where some troubled teenagers are not getting the help they need, and instead are being hurt or in some cases, killed. Listen Now.

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Allison Pinto, Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Family Studies
Email: apinto@fmhi.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-9179

A-Start Website

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Researchers from USF's Department of Pediatrics and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center have teamed up on a "social marketing-based" campaign to convince Hispanic women to lower their unborn baby's risk of birth defects, such as spina bifida or anencephaly. Listen Now.

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Dr. Gwendolyn Quinn, Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology
Member, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center 's Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Email: gquinn@hsc.usf.edu or quinng@moffitt.usf.edu
Phone: 813-745-1359

Kimberlea Hauser, Associate in Research, Department of Pediatrics
Email: khauser@hsc.usf.edu
Phone: 813-259-8848    

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University Beat visits University Toastmasters, the USF chapter of an international organization that helps people improve their communication and speaking skills--skills that one day could help students land a job. Listen Now.

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Tim Hamilton, President, USF Toastmasters
Email: flunivtm@yahoo.com

University Toastmasters Website: www.geocities.com/flunivtm

Meetings every Thursday at 6:00 pm in Marshall Center Room 006 (Downstairs)

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University Beat takes a look at USF'S online plant atlas, which  provides governmental and environmental agencies, researchers and citizens with "green thumbs" access to the over 41-hundred species of plants around Florida . Listen Now.

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Shawn Landry, Interim Director, Florida Center for Community Design & Research, USF'S School of Architecture & Community Design
Email: landry@arch.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-4590  

Plant Atlas Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu

NY Plant Atlas: http://atlas.nyflora.org

Water Atlas: www.WaterAtlas.org

Community Atlas: www.communityatlas.usf.edu

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An assistant professor and a graduate student from USF's School of Aging Studies have teamed up to put together a review of the most commonly researched strategies to reduce the risk of cognitive decline, dementia and Alzheimer's disease--and most of those factors are the same as those for other diseases like cancer, heart disease or diabetes. Listen Now.

If you would like more information on this subject, please contact:
Ross Andel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, USF's School of Aging Studies
Email: randel@cas.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-9743  

Summary of Article: www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/1745509X.1.1.107

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University Beat Producer

The National Science Foundation will hold the first of its two Regional Grants Conferences for fiscal 2006 on the Tampa campus of USF October 9th through 11th. Over 300 researchers from around the country will meet with executives from the NSF to talk about its programs, funding opportunities, proposal writing, and the review and award processes. Listen Now.

For Reservations and Conference information, please contact:
www.research.usf.edu/conference or
Veline Myler, Program Assistant, USF's Office of Research
Email: vmyler@research.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-5892  

For information about the NSF:  www.nsf.gov

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University Beat Producer