Kevin Sneed, PharmD, elected Chair of Cultural Health Initiatives Committee St. Petersburg, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2010) — Dr. Kevin Sneed was elected to the American Heart Association, Greater Southeast Affiliate board of directors. He is slated to serve as Chairman of the Cultural Health Initiatives Committee during the association’s 2010-2011 fiscal year. Sneed is the founding dean of the University of South Florida School of Pharmacy and a tenured associate professor in the USF Department of Family Medicine. The School of Pharmacy, within the USF College of Medicine, will welcome […]

Javier Cuevas, PhD, thought he was prepared for the abject poverty he would see in Haiti. Dr. Cuevas, associate professor of molecular pharmacology and physiology, and a team of other USF and Tampa Bay medical professionals arrived in the small Haitian village of Dilaire in June. It was what they believed to be the village’s first medical mission. Over four days, the team of ten would see more than 1,600 patients, some of whom had rarely, if ever, received medical care.  They treated people with conditions now rare in the […]

TAMPA, FL  (June 4, 2010) — USF Health can now move forward with plans to establish its new School of Pharmacy, thanks to approval by the Florida Legislature, which awarded $6 million in the budget signed last week by Gov. Charlie Crist. “This is an exciting moment for healthcare in Florida,” said Dr. Stephen Klasko, dean of the USF College of Medicine and CEO of USF Health. “We are grateful that the Florida Board of Governors, the USF Board of Trustees, USF President Judy Genshaft and state lawmakers all have […]