Rain Freeman, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) PhD student concentrating in epidemiology, recently presented research about the effects of red tide on preterm birth at the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) conference held in Chicago in August. She conducted the research, “Florida Red Tides and Preterm Birth,” […]

While most countries prohibit the modification of human embryos using technologies like mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) and human germline genome editing, scientists and policymakers are increasingly calling for more relaxed restrictions. These technologies alter one’s germline (the cells that pass on genetic material), providing, proponents say, a way of eliminating […]

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 […]

Cesar Esmeraldi and Elizabeth Volmy, USF College of Public Health (COPH) health sciences majors in their senior year, were recently elected to lead the USF student government. Esmeraldi is student body president while Volmy serves as student body vice president. The duo, who won in a runoff election last spring, […]

Born and raised in Upstate New York, Stephen Tellone moved to Spring Hill, Fla. during his sophomore year of high school. However, his public health journey began one hour further south at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP). It was there that he discovered the College of Public […]

With nearly one million Floridians set to lose Medicaid coverage now that the COVID-19 public health emergency is ending, leadership responsibilities of the Florida Covering Kids and Families (FL-CKF) program—housed within the USF College of Public Health (COPH)—is being divided into two roles. The mission of FL-CKF is to foster […]

Sara Daniels, a USF College of Public Health MSPH student, recently completed a competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) summer fellowship program. Daniels, who is concentrating in both health promotion and behavior and global communicable diseases, was a Graduate Research Fellow with the NIH’s G-SOAR program. The program provides U.S. […]

A team of researchers led by USF College of Public Health (COPH) doctoral student Justin Swanson has found that although people under age 65 born with birth defects make up just 4.1% of inpatient hospitalizations, their medical treatment accounts for nearly 8% of total hospitalization costs. The study, “Inpatient Hospitalization […]