When Stephanie Carraway relocated to Tampa from Florida’s East Coast 12 years ago, she took a job as a secretary in the infection prevention department at Moffitt Cancer Center. “My time there proved to be highly influential,” said Carraway, a native of Islamorada, Fla., and a 2006 graduate of Florida […]
In collaboration with Pacific Biosciences (PacBio), the USF College of Public Health’s Genomics Program and Sequencing Core recently hosted a Genomics Symposium entitled “Long Read Single Molecule Sequencing: A New Era in Genomics.” Pacific Biosciences, commonly known as PacBio, is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures cutting-edge systems for gene […]
Dr. Rays Jiang, a USF College of Public Health associate professor who pioneered the first genomics lab at the university, has been awarded the Dr. Kathleen Moore Faculty Excellence Award by USF’s Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP). Each year, the Dr. Kathleen Moore Faculty Excellence Award is presented to […]
On October 28, 1987, the U.S. Congress passed a proclamation of the first national Immigrants Day (Proclamation 5737, 1987). To commemorate this day, we are focusing this piece on a group of immigrants that are often stigmatized and condemned through stereotypes and fallacies, the undocumented and DACAmented immigrant community. As undocumented members […]
Returning Peace Corps volunteers have the option to become a Paul D. Coverdell Fellow at the USF College of Public Health. This graduate fellowship program awards financial assistance to returning Peace Corps volunteers pursuing an MPH or MSPH degree and will include an internship in underserved communities in Tampa, Fla., […]
In March, a team of USF faculty, including USF College of Public Health (COPH) Salud Latina faculty members Drs. Ismael Hoare, Ricardo Izurieta, Dinorah Martinez Tyson and Jason Salemi, traveled to Panama to attend and speak at an international forum focused on health disparities and misinformation in Latin America. Also […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Genomics Program and the Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research (GHIDR) recently hosted a Digital Spatial Genomics Symposium, in collaboration with biotech companies Nanostring and Illumina. More than 100 attendees participated in the one-day symposium held in February, with a majority being USF faculty and students. Representatives […]
Inaugural awards from the Undergraduate Research Initiative to support 150 students Through the newly formed Undergraduate Research Initiative, the Florida High Tech Corridor and USF Research & Innovation will deploy $110,000 to support undergraduate research opportunities across USF. More than 150 students are expected to be impacted by these funds […]