A Conversation piece by Dr. Katherine Drabaik, associate professor of health law, public health law and medical ethics/bioethics. Over the past year, cities across the United States have unveiled new policy plans to address homelessness amid rising concerns about health and crime – for homeless people themselves, as well as for surrounding communities. Notably, […]
Leandra Olson got her first real introduction to public health when she was a junior in college at the University of Minnesota, taking part in an internship with the Minnesota Vikings Children’s Fund that focused on childhood obesity. “A mentor at the time noticed that I seemed to have more […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) Activist Lab held its fifth annual boot camp virtually on Jan. 27. Over 200 students, faculty and interested parties took part in the event, which focused on teaching advocacy strategies to promote global health and health equity. The Activist Lab provides interdisciplinary advocacy, […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Joe Bohn received an outstanding honor in public health education and community engagement from the Pinellas Community Health Action Team (CHAT). The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County created the CHAT in 2012 to serve as a steering committee for local health […]
When Jennifer Davids graduated in 2019 with her bachelor’s degree in public health, she started work promoting a health screening program. Although she loved the people she was helping, she didn’t really feel fulfilled. What she wanted, she realized, was a boots-on-the-ground job in health care, fighting disease and infection. […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) Public Health Student Association president Dr. Audry Belen and COPH alumnus Roderick Chen were awarded the only two scholarships to the Gorgas Diploma Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine this upcoming Spring semester. The nine-week course is taught in the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine […]
USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Dr. Rita DeBate has been appointed as the research and evaluation advisor to Active Minds for the upcoming academic year. Active Minds is the nation’s premier nonprofit organization supporting mental health awareness and education for young adults. They are dedicated to saving lives and […]
Faculty across several disciplines at USF Health earned National Institutes of Health funding to streamline prenatal, obstetric, pediatric, treatment, behavioral and community health care for patients with opioid use disorder. Called CADENCE (Continuous and Data-Driven Care), the new program will better serve pregnant patients and new parents, as well as […]