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 […]
Dr. Tom Unnasch, a Distinguished USF Health Professor at the College of Public Health (COPH), and Dr. Tom Mason, a COPH professor, have retired, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Dr. Tom Unnasch Unnasch, an MIT- and Harvard-trained scientist who is well known for his work in tropical public health, came to […]
There are about 7,000 known rare diseases affecting some 30 million Americans, reports the National Center for Advancing Transitional Sciences. And now, thanks to research pioneered by USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Dr. Xiaoming Liu, an associate professor of genomics, there’s a more precise way of identifying the gene […]
USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Michael Edwin, professor of epidemiology and population ecology of disease transmission, says the future of COVID-19 infections can, contrary to recent debate, be forecasted using data-driven mathematical models. He and colleagues present their findings in “Combining predictive models with future change scenarios can produce […]
From Asia to Australia to Africa and places in between, USF College of Public Health students practiced their passion last summer across all areas of the globe. Some traveled as part of research grants. Others took part in international field experiences. International Field Experience (IFE) is a practicum open to […]
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Guatemala has the third-highest rate of femicide (the homicide of women based on gender) in the world. And according to UN Women, 21.2 percent of Guatemalan women have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Genomics Program and the Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research hosted, along with biotech companies 10x Genomics, Illumina and Miltenyi Biotec, a symposium on new technologies and applications pertaining to single-cell genomics. “The USF Genomics Program sequencing and computational cores provide trainings […]
Among these impressive discoveries and advancements, one researcher in USF Health has created a nationally acclaimed interactive dashboard to track COVID-19 and another is developing novel COVID-19 therapeutics. Another faculty member has received NASA funding to improve human spaceflight conditions, while her colleague is creating new defenses for wireless network […]