The following article is reprinted from the Spring/Summer 2007 issue of the USF magazine RESEARCH: Dengue Fever and Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis are just two of the many serious threats to public health in Florida. While these diseases occasionally raise their heads in the news, most Floridians are apt to take […]
Public health student Juan Santiago (back, standing) observes a Dominican health promoter teaching a cardiovascular health education class. Dr. Wayne Westhoff and Dr. Jaime Corvin of the Department of Global Health, USF College of Public Health, traveled to the Dominican Republic this May on a yearly academic and field […]
Innovative educational opportunities continue at USF Health as its College of Public Health partners with Stetson University College of Law to offer a MPH/JD dual degree. “We are excited that our college and Stetson College of Law could pave the way for these exciting endeavors,” said Karen Liller, PhD, associate […]
“Today we’re so much wiser!” Betty Castor (at right at the Panama Canal) said in describing the international work in which she’s involved as Executive Director of the Patel Center for Global Solutions. “We have to listen and learn and work together on our mutual interests.” She recently visited Panama, […]
The College of Public Health would like to congratulate the Spring 2007 semester graduates. To view photos of the Graduation Luncheon, click here.
USF Health hosts Betty Castor, Patel Center for Global Solutions, at the USF Health office in Panama This April, USF Health and the College of Public Health were delighted to host Dr. Betty Castor, executive director of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions together with Dr. Mark […]
“They are breaking ground as we speak—they are setting the first stone for the foundation!” in Hyderabad. Anitha Thippaiah (at right), physician from India and Master of Public Health student at USF was clearly beaming, knowing that she is part of a new initiative in India to improve public health […]
Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo presented the 2007 Juan Bosch Lecture, sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (ISLAC) in conjunction with the Global Health Department, College of Public Health/USF. During his talk on “Emerging Diseases in the Americas” he outlined a range of new, reemerging […]