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, […]
Dr. Russell Kirby, a USF Distinguished Professor and perinatal epidemiology expert at the USF College of Public Health, has been honored with a mentoring award that bears his name. Kirby became the first-ever recipient of the Russell S. Kirby Mentoring Award, presented by the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN). […]
From improving water quality to advancing mental health care to pursuing new treatments for Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease, 22 USF faculty members are being recognized next month with Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Awards. The recipients’ research accomplishments span a variety of fields across biology, business, communication, education, engineering, medicine, psychology […]
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average amount of student debt incurred by a person with a PhD (outside of education) now sits at about $98,000. And the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which sponsors several loan repayment programs (LRPs) designed to recruit and retain health professionals […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Rita DeBate won the Advancing Health Equity Award at the American College Health Association’s annual conference in June for her poster, “Examining Mental Health Among Multiply Minoritized College Students: The Need for Intersectional Approaches.” The award acknowledges her exceptional work in identifying and […]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Community Emergency Response Team (USF CERT) played a crucial role in supporting response efforts in collaboration with the Florida Department of Health and the Hillsborough County Office of Emergency Management. The volunteer organization is dedicated to promoting, […]
Commercial airline travel is safer than ever, and Dr. Clarence Rodrigues, a consultant with USF’s SafetyFlorida, the state’s work-related health and safety consultation program housed within the university’s College of Public Health, is playing a part in keeping it that way. Rodrigues is one of the co-authors of the seventh […]
Dr. Lauri Wright, a USF College of Public Health associate professor and director of the college’s nutrition and dietetics program, has been named president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Wright, a registered dietitian nutritionist who received her PhD from USF’s College of Education in 2007, specializes in food […]