Battling COVID-19 With Smart Wearables
Dr. Swarup Bhunia, director and the Semmoto Endowed Professor at University of Florida's Electric and Computer Engineering Department, and Dr. My T. Thai, associate director and UF's Research Foundation professor at the Computer and Information Science Engineering Department, share the different Covid-19 innovations coming out of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.
UF Scientists Rate Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines
Most coronavirus vaccines protect against death from disease, University of Florida scientists said. Research shows that Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna are the most effective vaccines.
UF Health Researcher Explains Herd Immunity and How It Could End COVID-19 Pandemic
Cindy A. Prins, Ph.D., M.P.H., a University of Florida Health infectious disease epidemiologist who is an associate professor in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine, looks at herd immunity and explains how it might be part of the answer.
Evolugate Improves DNA-Plasmid Production, Ready To Impact COVID-19 Vaccines Manufacturing Throughput
UF startup Evolugate, LLC, a Gainesville-based biotech company, has demonstrated that its proprietary technology can be used to improve the throughput of plasmid DNA manufacturing.
Everything You Need To Know About Vaccines and COVID-19
Dr. Peter Khoury, president and CEO of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), talked with James Di Virgilio, Radio Cade's host, about vaccinations and COVID-19.
Biotech Firm Raises $20 Million, Sees Progress on COVID-19 Vaccine
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc. has raised $20 million from the sale of common stock and will use some of the funding to boost its research into a Covid-19 vaccine.
Dr. Cindy Prins Assesses Spaces Across UF Campus for COVID-19 Transmission Risks
In her role as the infection preventionist for the UF Health Screen, Test and Protect Program, Cindy Prins, Ph.D., clinical associate professor of epidemiology and assistant dean for educational affairs for the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, offers infection control assessments for UF entities who aim to resume activities throughout campus.
Unsure About the COVID-19 Vaccine? UF Health’s Chief Epidemiologist Has Answers
Nicole M. Iovine, M.D., Ph.D., chief epidemiology officer for the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital system, addresses key issues related to overcoming vaccine hesitancy.
UF Health Pilot Program To Deliver COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy to Rural Communities
A University of Florida Health pilot program will bring a new COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy to rural communities in North Florida.
UF Health Discovers Possible Risk Factor for COVID-19
A UF research team found vitamin D-deficient patients were four times more likely to be COVID-19 positive than those with a sufficient amount of the crucial vitamin, which people can get from sources like sunlight and animal proteins.
