Meghan Borysova, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Health Policy and Management, was awarded funding through the 2012-2014 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program (LRP). Under the mentorship of Arthur Williams, PhD, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, she will spend the next two […]
Drs. Ellen Daley, Rita DeBate, and Cheryl Vamos received an R13 Conference Support Grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for Transforming Women’s Health: Discovery, Development, and Delivery. The conference will be held January 26-27, 2013 in Tampa. Through a transdisciplinary approach, the proposed conference will facilitate patient-centered […]
Adewale Troutman, MD, was named the 2012 recipient of the Dr. James T. Black Award from the 100 Black Men of America, Inc., a national organization that implements programs designed to improve the quality of life for African Americans and other minorities. Dr. Adewale Troutman Dr. Troutman, who directs the […]
Yangxin Huang, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, received the USF Faculty International Travel Grant for two international conferences: “The Second Joint Biostatistics International Symposium” in June and “The International Conference on Analytical and Computational Methods for Complex Systems” in July. Both conferences are held […]
Henian Chen, PhD, was awarded a proposal enhancement grant from the USF Division of Sponsored Research titled Longitudinal Relationships between Well-Being and Life Goals and Associations among Happiness and MAOA, OXTR Genes in the amount of $24,500. This proposal has the following specific aims: Aim 1: To estimate the causal […]
Research has linked oral-systemic health with periodontal disease and adverse perinatal outcomes (i.e., preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, prematurity, low birthweight). Prenatal providers (PP) and oral health providers (OHPs) are well-positioned to jointly prevent and manage oral-systemic health conditions among pregnant women. This project aims to elicit factors that influence pregnancy-related oral health prevention behaviors among PPs and OHPs. This project will also explore the promise of inter-professional collaborations in addressing public health issues of significance that have broad oral-systemic implications for women and children throughout the lifespan. Findings will assist in […]
Stuart M. Brooks, MD, Adjunct Professor, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, Fla., was recognized with the Knudsen Award on Monday, April 30, the highest honor in occupational and environmental medicine (OEM). This award, created in 1938 by William S. Knudsen, then President of General Motors and […]
This project will study the performance of common approaches for handling regression with missing covariate data. The results from this project would guide the regression analysis when missing covariate data are a problem.