Shaping the future of health
The Morsani College of Medicine has active research programs in basic, translational, and clinical sciences. Research is carried out in Departments, Institutes, Centers and at our Veterans Hospitals and our primary teaching facility, Tampa General Hospital. In addition, there are rich collaborations with the Colleges of Public Health, Nursing and Pharmacy as well as the USF College of Arts and Sciences.
Our goal is to pursue new knowledge in the biomedical sciences, clinical sciences, and healthcare delivery, relevant to human health and disease. Please explore our research initiatives using the tabs above. The resources tab provides information for current faculty to facilitate research efforts.
Laura M. Bohn, PhD
Senior Associate Vice President of Research, USF Health
Vice Dean for Research, Morsani College of Medicine
Professor, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Email: lbohn@usf.edu
Research Day
Celebrating health science research
Despite their different questions and disciplines, they shared a common goal: advancing the science that shapes how people live and receive care.
Those conversations, and hundreds more like them, filled the USF Marshall Student Center during the 36th annual USF Health Research Day, the university’s largest celebration of health sciences research.
Read more about USF Health Research Day 2026.
Health Science Innovation
Precision Surgery for Colorectal Deep Endometriosis: Strategies for Complete Excision Without Segmental Resection
CONCLUSION: Robotic surgery combined with intraoperative ultrasound enables precise localization, tailored stapler selection, and real-time assessment of colorectal deep endometriosis, facilitating complete excision while preserving bowel integrity. Intraoperative ultrasound verification can detect residual disease requiring immediate re-excision, potentially reducing recurrence and avoiding unnecessary segmental bowel resection. Careful preoperative planning, meticulous robotic dissection, and.
A Randomized Trial of Two Lightweight Polypropylene Meshes for Sacrocolpopexy
CONCLUSIONS: In this randomized comparison of two lightweight meshes for sacrocolpopexy, we demonstrated similar surgical success and low reoperation rates for both meshes. Two years postoperatively, minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy is associated with significant improvement in pelvic floor symptoms regardless of mesh used.
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Implementation of a Locally Deployed Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct Pipeline for Structured Classification of Elbow MRI Reports
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for radiology report extraction, but many published applications lack the implementation details needed for reproducibility. This technical report provides a complete implementation-level description of a locally deployed LLM pipeline for structured classification of radiology reports. We describe a report classification system built around Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct, an open-weight instruction-tuned LLM served through a local Ollama runtime rather...
USF Health financial aid director and medical student recognized as Culture Champions
Joan Bailey and Sarah McCrackin were recognized as USF Health Culture Champions for their commitment to serving the students of USF Health.
USF Health financial aid director and medical student recognized as Culture Champions
Fifty years later, landmark Robert Gallo discovery recognized as a foundation for modern cancer immunotherapy
A groundbreaking discovery by Dr. Gallo half a century ago helped establish the scientific foundation for modern cancer immunotherapy. Now, two of the world’s leading immunologists are revisiting the discovery and its enduring impact on medicine in a new Landmark Perspective in Science.
Fifty years later, landmark Robert Gallo discovery recognized as a foundation for modern cancer immunotherapy
USF Health accelerated residency gives physical therapy students a head start on specialty training
Graduates of a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program have traditionally faced two choices: either enter the workforce immediately or spend another year or more in specialty training. At the USF Health School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, students interested in orthopaedics have another option.