Twelve Meditation Tips During the Coronavirus Pandemic by TAO Connect
Sherry Benton, Ph.D., founder and chief science officer of UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub alum TAO Connect, a St. Petersburg, Florida–based virtual platform that provides online behavioral health resources, says that “there’s been a lot of medical research into meditation, particularly mindfulness meditation,” that has shown it can actually impact physical health […]
UF Researcher Created Test That’s Being Used to Find Hidden COVID-19 Patients
As hundreds of tests for COVID-19 go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every day, there is another test created by a University of Florida scientist that tests Floridians that might have COVID-19 but don’t have symptoms. It’s similar to the CDC test, but the test created by UF scientist Dr. John Lednicky is being […]
UF/IFAS Working Hard to Deliver for the Citrus Industry
While the scenery may have changed, the work remains the same for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences citrus faculty and Extension agents. “The coronavirus pandemic has altered the daily routine but not our mission to provide research and educational service to the citrus industry,” said Michael Rogers, director of the […]
Ochsner Health and BioInfoExperts Complete First Genomic Sequences of COVID-19 From New Orleans
Scientists from UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech startup BioInfoExperts LLC (BIE), a company that provides connected services and technologies related to detecting and monitoring pathogens in communities and the health care industry, and Ochsner Health, have completed the first whole-genome sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus from the New Orleans area. By breaking down the virus to its most […]
Seeing a Hand Sanitizer Shortage, UF Chemistry Has a Solution
The UF Department of Chemistry has found a creative way to use its expertise to help those on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. With courses currently taking place online, the department has begun using teaching labs — no longer buzzing with students taking part in hands-on learning — to produce hundreds of liters of much-needed […]
UF Health Researchers Join National Study of COVID-19 Impacts on Health Workers, Potential Remedies
A new research program to understand the effect of COVID-19 on health care workers is soon to be underway at University of Florida Health and other sites across the country. A clinical trial to evaluate whether hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 infections is also being planned. The Healthcare Worker Exposure and Outcomes, or HERO, initiative has two parts — a […]
Nursing Program Switches to Virtual Education With Shadow Health
The rise of COVID-19 may have caused cancellations across much of the United States, but healthcare professionals never stop treating those in need. The Liberty University School of Nursing hasn’t paused adapting its program to a virtual format while continuing to train the next generation of nurses on the frontline of patient care. As is the case […]
UF Veterinary College’s Efforts Yield Vehicles Loaded With Protective Gear for Front-Line Teams
Before the UF College of Veterinary Medicine was asked by UF Health to donate extra personal protective equipment to health workers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the college’s leadership team anticipated such a request. “Maybe a month before everything happened, our internal leadership team, led by Dr. Dana Zimmel, our interim dean, had discussed that veterinarians […]
Sinclair, Altavian Partner to Use 3-D Technology to Print Masks
UF startup Altavian, a drone maker that supplies the US military, and Sinclair College, a Dayton, Ohio-based community college, have partnered to rapidly produce and freely distribute N95 equivalent masks to front-line medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sinclair and Altavian will work collaboratively to make sure masks are available to local providers and in […]
An Interest in Bat Viruses Led to UF Health Virologist’s Development of Coronavirus Test
The UF College of Public Health and Health Professions’ department of environmental and global health and the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute, are leading a joint, around-the-clock effort to better understand and track the coronavirus in health care and community settings. The effort involves numerous scientists, laboratory technicians and support staff working tirelessly behind the scenes […]