Frank Yiannas has devoted his career to protecting consumers from deadly bacteria and pathogens. It’s a career that started in 1987 when the newly minted University of Central Florida grad took his BS in microbiology and began working on product safety in the private sector. It was a job that […]
Dr. Gene Felber is a Bull three times over. He received his bachelor’s from the university in 1991, his MSPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from USF’s College of Public Health (COPH) in 1993 and his PhD in epidemiology five years later. “I was the first in my family—immediate or extended—to […]
Dawn Hunter’s first exposure to public health came when she worked as a research assistant in the Advanced Biosensors Laboratory at USF’s Center for Biological Defense. “We developed and tested rapid-detection methods for food and waterborne pathogens,” said Hunter, who holds two bachelor’s degrees—one in English literature from Princeton and […]
Everyone was certain Dr. Michelle Crozier would grow up to be a veterinarian. After all, Crozier, who grew up in Deland, Fla., and attended Stetson University, raised Belted Galloway cattle and even once won a cow in an essay contest. But everyone was wrong. “I was more interested in understanding […]
Haley Maxwell’s interest in public health began when she served as a scribe for a urogynecologist who had a public health degree in addition to a medical one. “I loved the way she practiced medicine because she treated each person individually, according to their conditions,” said Maxwell, who graduated USF’s […]
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program has awarded grants to a record-breaking number of USF students for the academic year 2022-2023, including one student from the College of Public Health (COPH). The program provides funding to qualified American citizens who want to study, conduct research or teach English abroad. The program, […]
The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Maternal Child Health Student Organization (MCHSO) will host its 14th annual spring symposium this year from March 23-24. This year’s event will focus on reproductive justice. The MCHSO is an organization that serves as a forum for all students (regardless of major) interested […]
This year’s USF Health Research Day set new records as more participants than ever filled the USF Tampa campus Marshall Student Center on March 3 to showcase the best of their scientific work. The 33rd USF Health Research Day included 457 research poster presentations by students, postdocs, residents, faculty and staff […]