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Mariella DiSturco, Dr. Robert Ledford, Dr. Kevin O'Brien, and Monique Koscso. The Department of Internal Medicine won the Most Outstanding Clerkship Award.
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From the Desk of Dr. Sinnott...
Welcome to our spring newsletter. As another school year comes to an end I find myself reflecting on the past year. When I think back to where we were one year ago and look at where we are now, the dedication and hard work of the Internal Medicine team is evident. As Helen Keller said, "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." I want to thank each of you for your commitment to our patients, our students, and each other. It is because of this dedication and team-based mindset that we will continue to grow and succeed in the coming year - after all, we still have a lot of work to do.
I am pleased to announce that inside this issue you will find a multitude of features and announcements about our most recent accomplishments. The Morsani College of Medicine recently moved up in the national U.S. News and World Report rankings from 79 to 63 and Primary Care jumped from 85 to 67. The Division of Allergy and Immunology was made a member of the ACRC Network, and three of our Primary Care sites achieved PCMH level 2 status. A number of our students and faculty presented at conferences both locally and nationally, our faculty have published numerous articles in respected medical journals, students and faculty continue to participate side by side in philanthropic and community based projects, and our team has continued to grow with new faculty and staff joining the department. We now have more than 145 faculty members.
Please read ahead to see all that has been going on in the Department of Internal Medicine in the past months and I look forward to sharing more of our endeavors and accomplishments with you in the next newsletter.
Warmly,
John Sinnott MD FACP
James Cullison Professor and Chairman
Department of Internal Medicine
Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida
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Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Thomas Casale from the Division of Allergy and Immunology recently received the
Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Congratulations Dr. Casale!
PESRAMHIP Project
Dr. Casale is also part of a team in The Division of Allergy and Immunology that is participating in a large, pragmatic clinical trial - Patient Empowered Strategy to Reduce Asthma Morbidity in Highly Impacted Populations - recently funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The project is led by Harvard University with Elliot Israel, MD serving as the Principal Investigator. The USF team will work with Harvard, the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network and thirteen other clinical research sites to conduct this research.
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USF REPRIEVE Team Listed #4 on Florida Department of Health's Super Six List
As reported in our last newsletter, the Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine is part of a collaborative study supported by the Department of Health and Human Services aiming to prevent vascular events in HIV-REPRIEVE.
Since trials began, the USF team, led by Dr. Charurut Somboonwit, has continued to make significant strides in recruitment thanks to the hard work of Research Coordinator Irene Chen and Mable Chow. Irene is one of the top enrollers for the study both nationally and internationally; the team was recently named #4 on the Florida Department of Health's Super Six list for enrollment and was in the top 24 for recruitment in the REPRIEVE Race to 1000!
Keep up the good work, team!
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USF Team "One of Best Models for GWEP Grantees"
In March the USF Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) team submitted its quarterly report and held their
HRSA Program Officer meeting during which they were informed they are "one of the best models for GWEP grantees."
A number of Internal Medicine faculty participate in this project, including: Dr. Todd Wills,
Dr. Sharon Aroda,
Dr. Cuc Mai,
Dr. Asa Oxner,
Dr. John Sinnott, Dr. Max Feldman, and 12 residents per 6 months.
"This is an incredible statement that reflects the start-up momentum and "can-do" attitude that each [team member has] invested in this project," says Rita D'Aoust, Associate Dean for Educational Effectiveness.
Read more about the GWEP project here.
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American Heart Association
Awards Grant to Support Student Research
Dr. Phillip Marty received a grant from the
Greater Southeast Affiliate, American Heart Association to support the
USF Health Summer Student Research Fellowship Program. This program
provides opportunities for health science students to work for ten consecutive weeks with a faculty/staff member on any project related to the mission of the American Heart Association. The goal is to encourage students to consider a future academic career in this area. Congratulations, Dr. Marty!
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Douglas Rausch, graduate of the medical masters program and BRIDGE volunteer with his winning poster. Photo courtesy of USF Health Communications
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USF Health Students Present Nationally on BRIDGE Clinic
Student directors of the USF Health BRIDGE Clinic presented nationally at the annual Society of Student Run Free Clinic Conference (SSRFCC) in Phoenix earlier this year. The meeting included more than 500 participants and featured more than 160 posters and 50 oral presentations. Students from across USF Health were among those presenting and a number of them were recognized for their outstanding work.
Read more about this conference here.
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Department of Internal Medicine Receives Most Outstanding Clerkship Award
The Department of Internal Medicine has done it again. In March Internal Medicine Clerkship won the award for Most Outstanding Clerkship again - the department has won the award for 16 of the past 17 years.
"This directly results from the efforts [the residents] all make to foster an atmosphere of curiosity, excellence, lifelong self-directed learning, and patient-centered compassion," said Dr. Robert Ledford
. "The faculty are phenomenal, the administrative staff is second to none, but the students spend the vast majority of time with the [residents]. The mentoring they receive from [them] and the example [they] set inspire the students."
The Department of Internal Medicine is proud of its residents and the tradition of excellence they have maintained over the past 17 years. Congratulations!
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Dr. Jamie Morano Recognized for the "Exceptionally Fine Quality of [Her] Efforts" as Journal Reviewer
Dr. Morano served as a reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine throughout 2015. The publication recently recognized Dr. Morano for the outstanding quality of her work, naming her the top reviewer of 2015. Congratulations, Dr. Morano!
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Dr.
Narasaiah Kolliputi Receives
Proposal Enhancement Grant (PEG) Award
Dr.
Kolliputi
from the Division of Allergy and Immunology was awarded $25,000 by the
USF Research & Innovation Internal Awards Program
for his project "
TTP in alcohol induced liver fibrosis
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Division of Translational Medicine Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Florida Department of Health
Dr.
Shyam S. Mohapatra, Director of the Division of Transnational Medicine and Dr.
Subhra Mohapatra from the Department of
Molecular Medicine are Co-Principle Investigators of the
Microfluidic-Acoustic Biosensing-Multicell Tumoroid (MABMCT) Platform Target TME project. This study is part of the
James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program sponsored by the
Florida Department of Health. Congratulations, team!
USF Nanobioengineering
Conference
Dr. Mohapatra was also recently awarded $5,000 by the USF Office of
Research, Innovation & Economic Development in support of his conference on
Nanobioengineering. This conference will be held at USF with participants coming from all over the country.
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Publications
Casale TB, Lemanske RF Jr. In-Flight Medical Emergencies. N Engl J Med. 2016Jan 21;374(3):291-2. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1512716#SA1. PubMed PMID: 26789894.
Dhami S, Nurmatov U, Agache I, Lau S, Muraro A, Jutel M, Roberts G, Akdis C, Bonini M, Calderon M, Casale T, Cavkaytar O, Cox L, Demoly P, Flood B, Hamelmann E, Izuhara K, Kalayci Ã-, Kleine-Tebbe J, Nieto A, Papadopoulos N, Pfaar O, Rosenwasser L, Ryan D, Schmidt-Weber C, Szefler S, Wahn U, van Wijk RG, Wilkinson J, Sheikh A. Allergen immunotherapy for allergic asthma: protocol for a systematic review. Clin Transl Allergy. 2016 Feb 9;6:5. doi: 10.1186/s13601-016-0094-y. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26862389; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4746770.
Li JT, Bernstein DI, Calderon MA, Casale TB, Cox L, Passalacqua G, Pfaar O,Papadopoulos NG. Sublingual grass and ragweed immunotherapy: Clinicalconsiderations-a PRACTALL consensus report. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016Feb;137(2):369-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.046. Epub 2015 Sep 12. PubMedPMID: 26371843.
Sarfaty M, Kreslake JM, Casale TB, Maibach EW. Views of AAAAI members on climate change and health. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Mar-Apr;4(2):333-335.e26. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.09.018. Epub 2015 Dec 17. PubMed PMID: 26703816.
Shah, Sweta MD; Nanjappa, Sowmya MD; Pabbathi, Smitha MD, FACP; Greene, John MD, FACP. Clostridium Septicum Case Series: A 5-year Experience at a Cancer Center. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 24(2):72-75, March 2016
Sowmya Nanjappa, Sweta Shah, and Smitha Pabbathi. Clostridium septicum Gas Gangrene in Colon Cancer: Importance of Early Diagnosis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, vol. 2015, Article ID 694247, 3 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/694247
Tanno LK, Calderon MA, Papadopoulos NG, Sanchez-Borges M, Rosenwasser LJ, Bousquet J, Pawankar R, Sisul JC, Cepeda AM, Li J, Muraro A, Fineman S, Sublett JL, Katelaris CH, Chang YS, Moon HB, Casale T, Demoly P; Joint Allergy Academies. Revisiting Desensitization and Allergen Immunotherapy Concepts for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Mar 8. pii: S2213-2198(16)00021-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.12.022. [Epubahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 26969269.
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Presentations
Dr. Sweta Shah is presenting her research
"Uncovering Megace Induced Adrenal Insufficiency" at the National ACP conference in May.
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Division of Allergy & Immunology
Presentations and Posters from AAAAI Annual Meeting in Los Angeles
Dr. A Ra Jo: "Mast Cell-Derived PAI-1 Promotes Airway Inflammation and Remodeling in a Murine Model of Asthma"
Dr. Adeeb Bulkhi: "Ectrodactyly, Ectodermal Dysplasia and Cleft/Lip Palate Syndrome with Concomitant Lymphopenia: A Novel TP63 Mutation"
Dr. Andrew Cooke: "ATP8B1 Deficiency Enhances Hyperoxia-Induced Lipid Oxidation and Apoptotic Response in Lung Epithelial Cells"
Dr. Chen Hsing Lin:
Orofacial Granulomatosis Masquerading as "Angioedema"
- "Challenging Cases in Venom Immunotherapy (VIT)"
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"Developing Shared Goals for Asthma Management in Older
Adults: Acknowledging the Impact of Financial Concerns and Medication-Related Side Effects"
Dr. Mark Glaum: "Real Time PRC"
Dr. Michael Teng:
- "Flow Cytometry"
- "Viral Alteration of Innate Immune Responses"
Dr. Peter Ricketti: Hemothorax Associated with Status - Asthmaticus
Dr. Seong Cho: "Cross-Talk Between Human Mast Cells and Epithelial Cells By
IgE-Mediated Periostin Production in Eosinophilic Nasal Polyps"
Dr. Sultan Alandijani:
Schnitzler Syndrome
Drs. Teng, Glaum, and Ledford:
"Rapid Molecular Identification and Quantification of Allergenic Pollen by Real Time PCR"
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Sahab Mustafa, Nikesh Kapadia, Jacqueline Young, Milu Thakkar, Joseph Coffman
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USF Internal Medicine had five resident abstracts accepted and posters presented at the Society of Hospitalist Medicine National Meeting in San Diego at the beginning of March.
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Dr. Jeffrey Krischer Appointed Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Krischer, Director of the USF Diabetes Center and the USF Pediatric Epidemiology Center, has been appointed Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Krischer recieved his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University. He has a longstanding commitment to diabetes research and is strongly committed to understanding the mechanisms of autoimmunity and disease progression. His office serves as an international resource to study factors associated with Type 1 Diabetes, containing the accumulated databases of the world experience through the DPT-1, TEDDY, TRIGR and TrialNet databases.
As Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Internal Medicine, under the general direction of the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Krischer will provide direction and leadership for the Department to pursue strategies for strengthening the departmental research capacity and develop strategies for identifying and recruiting funded researchers to the faculty. He will also work with the Department Division Chiefs to help develop recruitment strategies for their specific areas.
The Department of Internal Medicine is excited to have Dr. Krischer join our team in its commitment to patient centered research.
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Faculty
Robert Brooks, MD, MBS, MPH, MA, FIDSA
Dr. Robert Brooks is a nationally recognized scholar, researcher and educator in the areas of patient safety, health informatics, and policy.
He received his MPH from Harvard School of Public Health, his MBA from Auburn University, and his MD from Wayne State University. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Sinai Hospital and his Fellowship in Infectious Disease at Stanford University.
Dr. Brooks holds faculty appointments in the Morsani College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, the College of Public Health, and he serves as an Associate Vice President for Health Leadership at USF Health. He is a member of USF's Medical School Admissions Committee and was Chair from 2009-2011.
Prior to his tenure at USF, Dr. Brooks worked at Florida State University where he established five Centers of Excellence. He is a former Secretary of the Florida Department of Health, Chief Medical Officer for the state of Florida, and member of the Florida House of Representatives. Dr. Brooks has served on over 35 boards and task forces and has been a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals. He has authored or co-authored over 115 peer-reviewed publications and 3 book chapters, and has provided over 250 lectures in vast and varied topics of infectious diseases, public health, and health policy.
Dr. Brooks brings an extensive and intricate working knowledge of academic medicine, curriculum development, student recruitment, advisement, and health policy and practice.
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Staff
Michelle Twitmyer
Clinical Research Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine
Michelle Twitmyer received her B.A. from USF in 1994.
She worked from 1989-1998 as a CMA and later as a CCRC for Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Associates of Tampa Bay and the USF Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Clinical Research Unit. She married in 1998 and left work to start a family, spending the last 18 years as a homemaker, wife and mother to her three children.
Since 1998, she has volunteered extensively in Pasco County schools as a leader in the PTA, SAC committee, and in the classrooms as well as volunteering in her Dade City community working with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, coaching football, soccer, and baseball, and as president of Arts In Motion - a community youth theater.
Michelle is excited to be back at USF as a Clinical Research Coordinator.
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Nurse Supervisor
Department of Internal Medicine
Stephanie Kinney is a dedicated registered nursing professional who recently accepted a position with USF Pysicians Internal Medicine Group as a Nurse Supervisor. She has five years of experience as a charge nurse, in cardiac intensive care, and in post/pre-op anesthesia care. Last year Stephanie graduated with her Bachelors Degree from Western Governors University. She plans to further her education this fall by pursing her Master's degree in the University of South Florida's Family Nurse Practitioner program.
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USF Tampa Bay Street M
edicine
Homeless Clinic
Every month USF Tampa Bay Street Medicine (TBSM) holds a Homeless Clinic at First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Tampa.This clinic is staffed by USF Health medical students and volunteers, with USF medical school faculty, VA physicians, church congregation members, and physicians from Pioneer Medical Group serving as
attending physicians. The clinic provides healthcare to under-served members of the community.
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Top left: volunteers see patients at BRIDGE Clinic Homeless Clinic. Bottom left: volunteers huddle to plan for the day before seeing patients. Right: volunteer prepares flu shots.
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UNDY 5000 5K Run/Walk!
USF Health students and faculty played a key role in the UNDY 5000 5K Run/Walk! This event benefits the Colon Cancer Alliance and the BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic and provides funding for colon cancer screenings for BRIDGE Clinic patients who otherwise would not have access to this important preventive care.
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IM Residents
who have their continuity clinic at Morsani
presented on Diabetic Quality Improvement
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Science Rules the Day at USF Health Research Day 2016
This year's USF Heal th Research Day, held February 19th, featured posters and presentations by nearly 330 students, residents, fellows and post-doctoral researchers from across USF Health.
Many Internal Medicine students and residents participated in the event this year, with a number of them receiving special recognition for their research projects:
- Jillian Whelan from the Division of Allergy and Immunology won Best Doctoral Student Poster Presentation
- Priyanshi Patel won Best Undergraduate Student Poster in Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases.
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Nima Hosseinian won Best Poster for her research project "The role of Atp8b1 and Surfactant Synthesis in Pulmonary Fibrosis"
"This event gets better every year," said Phillip Marty, PhD, vice president for USF Health Research and Courtesy Faculty, USF Internal Medicine.
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Bioscience Seminar Series with Barney Graham, MD, PhD
Dr. Graham from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases spoke on the Zika virus at the Bioscience Seminar series in February. Dr. Graham is an expert on HIV and respiratory syncytial virus, but due to the recent rise in Zika cases he and his group have been studying the Zika virus closely.
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Right: Dr. Barney Graham and Dr. Charurut Somboonwit
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USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Moves Up in Latest U.S. News Rankings
The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has upped its game in the latest
U.S. News & World Report Best Medical Schools rankings released March 16. Medicine was among six professional school programs included in the
U.S. News 2017 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
The USF medical school ranked #63 among the best medical schools for research - a significant rise from last year's #79 ranking. In the best medical schools for primary care ranking, USF jumped to #67 - up from #85 last year.
"Our climb in the national rankings shows that the relentless pursuit of academic excellence has begun to yield solid successes in enhancing the quality of our research and in attracting the best and brightest students," Dr. Lockwood said. "We still have much to do to maintain and advance these gains, but I'm confident that the momentum will be sustained as we work toward opening our new Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in a thriving downtown waterfront district, close to our primary teaching hospital, Tampa General, and the USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation."
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Dr. Thomas Casale, Professor, Division of Allergy and Immunology
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Internal Medicine Division of Allergy & Immunology Joins ACRC Network
The Division of Allergy & Immunology is proud to announce that USF was recently selected as one of 17 sites nationwide to be in the American Lung Association Airways Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) Network.This is a $100,000 per annum award that is renewed annually.
The American Lung Association Airways Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) Network is the nation's largest not-for-profit network of clinical research centers dedicated to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment research. The ACRC Network conducts large clinical trials that will directly impact patient care for COPD and asthma.
Currently the University of South Florida and University of Miami are a co-center, however beginning July 1, 2016, the University of South Florida will be an independent center. Dr. Thomas Casale with the Division of Allergy and Immunology will serve as the USF Principle Investigator.
Read more about the ACRC network
here.
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USF Health Primary Care Sites Recognized as Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH)
The USF
Patient Centered Medical Home team was recently notified by the
National Committee on Quality Assurance that three more USF sites are now officially recognized as PCMH sites (The Department of Pediatrics received Level 2 recognition in November).
PCMH is a "care-delivery" model (as opposed to the traditional "visit-based" model) whereby team-based patient treatment is coordinated through a primary care physician to ensure patients receive the necessary care when and where they need it, in a manner they can understand. It is a patient-focused, quality-driven, cost-effective model to revive and transform delivery of primary care.
USF Health Primary Care is excited to announce that the Department of Family Medicine, the Division of General Internal Medicine, and General Internal Medicine's Geriatric Clinic at the Byrd Institute have joined Pediatrics as Level 2 PCMH sites.
Congratulations, team! Keep up the good work!
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Dr. Kevin O'Brien and a patient participate in Tell Me More campaign. Photo courtesy of Health Communications.
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Internal Medicine Faculty Take Part in National "Tell Me More" Campaign to Highlight Compassionate Patient Care 
Held February 15th through 19th, the "Tell Me More" campaign is part of Solidarity Week and is sponsored by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to raise awareness for compassionate patient care. Using the "Tell Me More" prompt, patients write at least three things about themselves on a poster, offering details about their own lives that the health care team might not know. Collected and posted on walls within clinics, the written information serves as a reminder that patients are more than the symptoms they present.
"The details patients provide us about themselves help us start conversations with them and offer a better way to humanize their medical experience with us," said Lucy Guerra, MD, associate professor and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. "Sometimes we miss these details and knowing them could impact the health care we provide."
*This feature is an excerpt from an article written by Sarah Worth.
Read the full article here.
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Call for Papers!
Great News! Internal Medicine's IMpact journal is now live!
- Obtain resources to help in writing a variety of manuscripts: Abstracts, Research Articles, Literature Reviews, Case Reports, Book Sections
- Submit your manuscript for an internal peer-review to strengthen its chances of being accepted to the outside journal of your choice
- Gain experience in the scientific writing process with the help of experts in your field of study
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Save the Date!
Graduation will be held at the USF Embassy Suites on June 2, 2016. The ceremony will begin at 4pm with a reception to follow.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP for yourself and your guests to [email protected]
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