November is International Education Month How does health care differ in industrial versus nonindustrial countries? In socialist versus capitalist societies? In rural versus urban settings? What health inequities do different populations in different parts of the world face? USF College of Public Health (COPH) students can get answers to those […]
A daughter of migrant farmworkers, Jazmin Sanchez’s story touched the hearts of many at the 17th Annual USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP) Fall Symposium on Oct. 4. Sanchez, a USF College of Public Health BSPH student, was selected as this year’s recipient of the WLP Lolita Sauza Visot […]
Three USF College of Public Health (COPH) students presented research abstracts at the Delta-Omega-sponsored Student Poster Session at the annual American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Meeting and Expo held in Atlanta in November. Delta Omega is a national honorary society for public health students with more than 20,000 members. Each year, […]
This GivingTuesday, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) highlights two campaigns. The COPH Alumni Scholarship Fund is dedicated to student scholarship while the Founder’s Fund supports the education, research and service mission of the COPH. GivingTuesday is a global movement that encourages people to do good and give back. […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) alum Marie Denis-Luque, who was born and raised in Haiti, came to the U.S. with her family just before she turned 17, settling in Tallahassee, Fla., where she resides today. “I learned English in high school and was the first in my family to […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) Activist Lab recently received an American Public Health Association (APHA) Student Champions Climate Justice Award. The APHA’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity presents the Student Champions for Climate Justice Awards each year to student groups across the country. Students receiving the award […]
Fifteen teams of rising public health and community leaders from around the country have been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Public Health Regenerative Leadership Synergy (PHEARLESS) initiative. Supported by an investment of more than $8.5 million from The Kresge Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and […]
In October, USF College of Public Health (COPH) Dean Donna Petersen traveled to Panama, meeting with Panamanian public health professionals, COPH alumni and health ministry officials. The trip’s aim was to renew existing partnerships and forge new ones ahead of the 20-year anniversary of the Panama Program, housed within Panama’s […]