All five students in the USF College of Public Health (COPH) integrated MPH/dietetics internship program recently attended the Food and Nutrition Conference Expo (FNCE) in Denver in October. The FNCE is hosted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a professional organization of nutrition and dietetics practitioners headed by Dr. […]
LGBTQ+ youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their same-age heterosexual or cisgender peers, and experts say it’s not their sexual orientation or gender identity that ups their suicide risk but the isolation and stigma they feel because of discrimination against it. Kelli Agrawal, a USF College […]
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, […]
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, foodborne illnesses are a “preventable public health challenge” causing an estimated 48,000 illnesses and 3,000 deaths each year. And summer, with its warmer temperatures and outdoor barbeques and picnics, is a prime time for these illnesses to surface. “Summer is a peak […]
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 […]
Antibiotic resistance is a big problem, in the human as well as the animal world. In fact, research has indicated that up to eight percent of β-Hemolytic Streptococcus (BHS) infections in animals are resistant to antibiotics like penicillin, which is the go-to treatment for BHS infection in humans. But veterinary […]
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 […]