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COPH expert coauthor’s book on commercial aviation safety

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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 […]

Standardizing testing methods can lead to a better picture of antibiotic resistance in animals

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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 […]

Mental health, minors and the muddy waters between a parent’s right to know and a child’s confidentiality

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Parental rights laws are a hot-button topic. States vary greatly on what kind of mental health services clinicians and school counselors can provide to minors and how transparent they must be with parents. “There is so much misinformation and confusion about these laws,” said Katherine Drabiak, an attorney, medical ethics […]

From secretary to department head: One grad’s rise in infection control

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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 […]

COPH hosts PacBio Discoveries Roadshow introducing groundbreaking tools to shape the future of biology

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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 […]

COPH expert helps craft ASPPH gun violence prevention report

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In the summer of 2022, after a rash of mass shootings, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) convened a task force on gun violence prevention made up of experts from 13 member schools. Dr. Karen Liller, a USF College of Public Health Distinguished University Health Professor […]

Why so many men don’t get preconception care—and why that needs to change

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In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally recommended preconception care for both women and men. Yet men are often overlooked when it comes to smoking cessation counseling, blood pressure screenings, weight management guidance and other preconception care services. And the consequences can be dire. In fact, […]

Research on cell metabolism earns Rays Jiang WLP faculty excellence award

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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 […]