This summer, three University of South Florida (USF) College of Public Health graduates earned traineeships with the Hispanic-Serving Health Profession Schools (HSHPS), a 501(C)3 non-profit organization established in 1996 as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “Hispanic Agenda for Action” Initiative. Bridget Leivan, Bernice Lopez, and […]
“ … having the ability to explore and live in a foreign country for two months is a phenomenal component of the master’s degree in global communicable disease. If anything, this experience makes COPH graduates increasingly more well-rounded and more competitive for their future careers as public health professionals,” said […]
Written by admin · August 22, 2012 @ 10:28 am · Filed under College of Public Health, Hot News, National Initiatives, The Villages, USF Health Lead Story Donna Petersen, ScD, dean of the the USF College of Public Health, reported on the preliminary results of a recent community health survey […]
Ms. Lindsay Morton is a member of the newest class of Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) Laboratory Fellows. For one-year, Morton is assigned to the CDC’s Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria Center for Global Health. Her fellowship begins September 1. According to the fellowship website, the program “trains and prepares […]
On July 20, The Tampa Tribune quoted Dean Donna Petersen in an article titled “Hillsborough has free health plan for poor despite governor’s plans.” She was quoted in a similar story for WUSF titled “Hillsborough County Looks At Possible Health Care Expansion For Poor.”
For the past 40 years, Lillian Stark, PhD, MS, MPH (EPI, ’88) dutifully served the citizens of Florida by tracking disease and outbreaks at the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories in Tampa. In this role, she supervised and mentored countless students in field experience and special project. Before […]
Four members of the USF College of Public Health faculty were recently awarded a Faculty International Travel Grant. The grant is one of many initiatives of the Internal Awards Program whose mission is “to foster excellence in research and scholarship by USF faculty and support activities aimed at securing extramural […]
Bernice K. Lopez, MPH (GHP, ’11) was selected from a competitive pool of applicants to be part of the 2012 Hispanic-Serving Health Profession Schools (HSHPS) Summer Traineeship Program. For ten weeks this summer, Lopez will research issues on HIV/AIDS and other co-morbidities occurring along the Mexican border. Her time will […]