November is International Education Month How does health care differ in industrial versus nonindustrial countries? In socialist versus capitalist societies? In rural versus urban settings? What health inequities do different populations in different parts of the world face? USF College of Public Health (COPH) students can get answers to those […]
Dr. Donna Petersen, dean of the USF College of Public Health (COPH), delivered the college’s annual State of the College address in person to a packed Samuel P. Bell, III auditorium on Sept. 22. This year’s presentation highlighted the college’s people, passion and potential. “Our people are the foundation of everything […]
USF Health’s international and interprofessional collaborations continue through a recent trip to Gifu University in Japan and Seoul National University in Korea. USF has active collaborations with students visiting both universities, and USF faculty and a graduate student recently visited the universities as part of long-standing collaborative affiliations. The affiliation with […]
From Australia to Asia and places in between, both graduate and undergraduate students had the opportunity this summer to experience public health around the globe with the USF College of Public Health (COPH). Students traveled to London, Sydney, Panama and Japan—including Tokyo, Hiroshima and Gifu. Some of the programs were […]
Nicholas Cropper, a USF College of Public Health MPH student, recently returned from the Netherlands after completing a six-month internship with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), housed in the Hague. OPCW is the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an agreement signed by 193 […]
From Asia to Australia to Africa and places in between, USF College of Public Health students practiced their passion last summer across all areas of the globe. Some traveled as part of research grants. Others took part in international field experiences. International Field Experience (IFE) is a practicum open to […]
USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Arlene Calvo, associate professor, and Erik Ruiz, PhD student, are recipients of the 2021 USF Hispanic Heritage Awards. The USF Status of Latinos (SOL) Committee presents the awards each year to “outstanding Latinx members of the USF community making a profound difference” and recognizes […]
“At the height of the pandemic last year, in the midst of lockdowns and school closures, I would hear news about college students in general and how they were being affected, but nothing about international students, who usually experience more stressors than local college students,” Chinyere Reid, a doctoral candidate […]