USF College of Public Health doctoral students Rashida Jones and Santiago Hernandez have earned recognition for the 2020-2021 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the health, medicine, and behavioral science category. Jones, a fifth-year PhD student in public health with a concentration in epidemiology, earned […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) doctoral student and research assistant Dr. Marlene Joannie Bewa has earned the Faculty for the Future Fellowship. The fellowship is sponsored by the Schlumberger Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at supporting gender equality in STEM and generating conditions that encourage women to pursue scientific careers […]
“You have earned a degree from a top 20 ranked college of public health; your future could not be brighter nor more challenging. You leave us at the most tumultuous time in the past 100 years. Not since 1918 have we experienced a global pandemic. Your educational journey was like […]
Dr. Christine McGuire-Wolfe, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) assistant professor and alum, has joined the Public Policy Committee of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). “Being a part of this committee allows me to cultivate an awareness of developing issues in infection control and […]
Alumna Melissa Mercado was born, raised and initially trained (BS, MSc, MA) in Puerto Rico. She moved away to pursue her PhD at the USF College of Public Health. She currently lives in Atlanta. Mercado started her undergraduate training as a pre-med student at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), […]
Since 2008, students in the USF College of Public Health (COPH) have annually recognized outstanding instruction at the Annual National Public Health Awards Ceremony. On April 7, graduate and undergraduate students joined forces to present the Excellence in Teaching Award to Dr. Joe Bohn, assistant professor, director of community engagement […]
Florida has experienced a relatively mild winter, which typically translates to more mosquitoes in the summer and more birds on which they can feast. If history repeats itself, it’s likely there will be an uptick in West Nile virus cases this year, especially in the outer fringes of the suburbs […]
Another thing also spreading during the pandemic is an interest in public health. The USF College of Public Health (COPH) has seen a record increase in student applications to many of its degree programs. And, interest in public health programs is also being experienced nationally, according to David Hogeboom, […]