USF College of Public Health MPH student Nick Cropper was part of a three-person international team (all students or recent graduates) to win the Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition.  The competition was sponsored by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in partnership with several other global health security organizations. NTI is […]

With more than 12 years of experience in humanitarian disaster relief and major humanitarian health crises across more than 25 countries, USF College of Public Health MPH student Michael McCusker found it a natural calling to deploy to the frontlines to assist displaced populations evacuating from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. […]

Do financial incentives promote HIV testing in pregnant women? Which is better at improving HIV testing rates among pregnant women in a high-HIV burden setting in Ecuador: giving the women printed information about HIV and testing, giving them information and nudging them to get tested or providing them with a […]

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about one-quarter of the world’s population has a tuberculosis (TB) infection. These numbers can be even higher in TB endemic areas like Africa.  One of the primary methods used to detect tuberculosis and its resistance to one of the drugs often used to […]

The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Dr. Ricardo Izurieta, professor, and Dr. Benjamin Jacob, associate professor, aim to identify hot spots for COVID-19 in Ecuador using cutting-edge epidemiological methods combining data with technology. The “COVID-Zero: Minga for the Health and Work” project began in Quito, Ecuador, in March of […]

USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Arlene Calvo, associate professor, has participated in a series of focus groups talking with inner city youth in Panama to develop more appropriate public health messages in the context of COVID-19. This initiative, convened by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO-WHO) PAHO-WHO, is led by […]

USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Stephanie Volpe was recently named associate director of global epidemiology for real world evidence at the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (AZ) in Cambridge, England. In this newly created role, Volpe is responsible for developing and leading global epidemiological studies and strategy across various products […]

Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 USF College of Public Health (COPH) faculty members have come together to provide credible public health messages and combat misinformation in Spanish.   Salud Latina USF, as the group calls itself, includes the following Spanish-speaking faculty from the COPH: Arlene Calvo, […]