Christine (Schilp) Mills, MEd, MPH (HE, ‘10) is the director of programs with ACTIVE Life Inc. in Austin, Texas. In this capacity, Mills oversees ACTIVE Life’s USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Young Leaders for Healthy Change. Prior to this appointment, Mills was a fellow for one-year with the CDC […]
As part of Dr. Bryant’s Policy and Practice course as a first year DrPH student, Heather Williamson researched the role of community health workers (CHW) in the health care system. CHW are a promising solution for providing support and education to improve emotional and physical health while also reducing health […]
As a graduate student in the College of Public Health, Natalie Rella learned the role of advocacy as a significant vehicle with which to drive policy development and assurance. Indeed, as a public health professional, she felt obliged to effectively communicate recommendations to the general public that legislatively support the […]
The USF Office of Community Engagement recently profiled Jeannese Castro (MCH) on her experience with service-learning as an undergraduate. Her project involved developing a health curriculum for a girls group based in Sulfur Springs. However, a healthy curriculum wasn’t the only development. Through her service-learning course, Castro discovered her passion […]
This year’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sapphire and Chiles Advocacy Awards were presented to Dr. Charles Mahan, MD, former dean of the College of Public Health and professor emeritus in the Department of Community and Family Health. College faculty and staff recently convened for an intimate reception held in […]
The Florida Prevention Research Center (FPRC) has been working for a decade to promote the use of safety eyewear that protects thousands of Florida’s Mexican migrant citrus harvesters from eye injuries that affect workers’ eyesight and contribute to the agricultural industry’s $300 million in medical costs and lost worker time each year. The key FPRC partner in southwest Florida, the Partnership for Citrus Worker Health, was recently featured in a 5-minute broadcast aired on National Public Radio. The audio link can be found at http://www.wgcu.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=26556&Itemid=493. The broadcast features an interview with Antonio Tovar, the coordinator […]
Ms. Nichole Murray, a COPH DrPH student in CFH, was selected from almost 100 applicants as a Doctoral Student Leadership Institute Fellow. She joins eleven other USF students to comprise the inaugural class of the 2012 University of South Florida Graduate School Doctoral Leadership Institute. The two-year Institute will allow students to: complete a one-semester leadership course, spend at least two semesters shadowing effective leaders, develop and implement a leadership plan, participate in a leadership journal club, participate in leadership conferences/retreats and forums and serve as a mentor to the […]
The Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Women’s Health hosts the 2nd “Transforming Women’s Health: Discovery, Development & Delivery of the Oral-Systemic Connection Conference” on January 26- 27 in Tampa. The Center is affiliated with the University of South Florida College of Public Health. This conference offer participants the opportunity to learn and discuss cutting-edge and evidence-based research and practice initiatives in women’s oral-systemic health. In addition, this conference facilitates dialogue among multi-disciplinary providers and researchers (i.e., medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health, etc.) and explores potential channels and strategies for increased […]