Toxicology researchers Ushang P. Desai, Robin DeHate, PhD, Giffe T. Johnson, PhD, and Raymond D. Harbison, PhD, presented a poster entitled “Managing Public Health Risks Using Air Monitoring at a Former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) Site” at USF Health Research Day. The event was held on February 22 in Tampa. The researchers established an air monitoring plan for a former gasification plant site in Sanford, FL. This location was designated as a superfund site by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The team’s goal was twofold: (1) monitor emission from former […]

  Researchers from the USF College of Public Health spent spring break at the Society of Toxicology 52nd Annual Meeting. The group convened in San Antonio, Texas on March 10-16. Members of the college delegation presented research, led sessions, and attended meetings. Giffe T. Johnson, PhD, adjunct research assistant professor, […]

More than thirty students in the USF College of Public Health’s executive and online MPH degree programs recently convened in Tampa.  They traveled from as far away as St. Lucia and California to participate in an intensive, five-day course. Public Health Seminar (PHC 6930) serves as a capstone course requirement […]

On January 15, University of South Florida Professor Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, NA, CPH, spoke at a National Press Club news conference announcing the 2013 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws. As president of the American Public Health Association, Dr. Troutman helped release the report and advocated for auto safety. […]

TALLAHASSEE – Florida TaxWatch today announced the addition of Tamara Y. Demko, J.D., M.P.H., as executive director of the Florida TaxWatch Center for Health and Aging. Tamara has extensive education and experience in health policy research, development, implementation, management and leadership. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and completed […]

USF Health’s footprint as a leader the world of online learning continues to grow. The University of South Florida made its first appearance in the Guide to Online Schools, which uses data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics to rank colleges with the best quality and most affordable online programs. […]

The movies “Outbreak” and “Contagion” featured epidemiologists as disease detectives. Train to become one online through USF. Beginning in May, epidemiology graduate students at the University of South Florida College of Public Health will be able to earn a master of public health degree in an online, as well as an on-campus […]

University of South Florida Professor Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, NA, CPH, is featured in January issue of The Nation’s Health, the official newspaper of the American Public Health Association. In Vital Signs, Troutman shares how his less than ideal childhood evolved into a career in public health and created a […]