Public Health Dean Donna Petersen, ScD, is USF’s representative to the Indo-U.S. Joint Collaboration in Environment and Occupational Health. College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen, ScD, recently returned from intensive meetings in India, where she helped tackle the challenge of reducing fatalities from traffic accidents. With the world’s highest […]
Public Health Professionals from the Southeast & Midwest of the U.S. and the Caribbean Arrive for Special Training On Feb. 29th, the classroom inside USF’s College of Public Health was filled with two-dozen professionals representing six states, and the island nation of Saint Lucia. While their hometowns and backgrounds were […]
At the University of South Florida, Research Day ’08 came and went but not before setting some new records. In addition to this year’s highly publicized 215 poster presentations, a new record, the USF College of Public Health saw its largest number of student presenters in the event’s 18 year […]
The impact continues as student volunteers in the International Health Service Collaborative (IHSC) gear up for their next trip to help underserved communities, this time to El Yayal in the Dominican Republic in December. Formed about three years ago, the IHSC is an interdisciplinary group of students from the Colleges […]
– Public health graduate student Karen Dyer educates others about the long-term complications of childhood cancer treatment – Karen Dyer, diagnosed with cancer at age 15 and now cancer-free, practices yoga. Two days after beginning her sophomore year of high school Karen Dyer was faced with a possible death sentence. […]
We all wash with it. We all drink it. But Max Moreno is taking his interest in water a step further by analyzing its interaction with human development and determining what makes good, quality water. Moreno is a doctoral student and research assistant in the Department of Environmental and Occupational […]
Jennifer Muller, a 2nd year Global Health Communicable Disease graduate student, was recently selected to share the presidency of the student run organization, International Health Service Collaborative, with Tania Velez (a 3rd year medical student). Listed below are the officers of IHSC: Tania Velez, Co-president Jennifer Muller, Co-president Lauren Hanna, VP of College of Medicine Andrea Parilak, VP of School of Physical Therapy TBA, VP of College of Nursing TBA, VP of College of Public Health¼br /> Melaine LetoBarone, Secretary Patrick MacIver, Treasurer Jessica Thomas, Public Relations Chair Whitney […]
The USF Health Service Corps is a great way in which you can gain valuable experience and also have fun while participating in health-related service activities with other USF Health students. Check out the updated web site of Summer Service events at http://health.usf.edu/ahec/hscevents.htm and the updated calendar at http://my.calendars.net/servicecorps. Handouts are also available at the display in the snack area. Feel free to contact Ellen Kent, MPH, Coordinator for the USF Health Service Corps at ekent@health.usf.edu if you have any questions or wish to become more involved with service!