USF College of Public Health alumnus Ryan Graydon, who earned his MPH with a concentration in global health practice in 2017, has devoted his life and work to improve the public’s access to clean water. As a life scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Office in Chicago, he […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) recently signed an agreement with the Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University in Thailand. “The birthplace of artemisinin resistance” As part of the agreement, Thai faculty and students exploring RNA-sequencing and drug discovery will have the opportunity to come to COPH for […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Sunny Guidotti says that as a child she always dreamed of working internationally on global issues. Guidotti’s interest in public health sparked after she earned her undergraduate degree in environmental engineering from Michigan Technical University with a graduate certificate in international sustainable development. […]
“What interests me most about public health is the intersection between health and place. There are many interesting geographic variables that influence health outcomes,” said USF College of Public Health alumna Sam McKeever. After earning her master of science in public health (MSPH) degree with a concentration in global communicable […]
USF College of Engineering Professor James Mihelcic was visiting Tamatave on the east coast of Madagascar to see the work some of his former graduate students were doing on water sanitation and hygiene. That’s where he stumbled upon local artisans building hand pumps used to access shallow groundwater. “Right in […]
To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission for health care workers and those living in areas of intense transmission, public health practitioners have developed educational flyers outlining COVID-19 biosafety-at-home protocols to reduce the threat of contamination at home. “Communication is an important aspect of our work in public health,” said […]
In 2004, the USF College of Public Health (COPH), in partnership with the Panamanian government and USF Health, developed the USF Health Panama Program at the City of Knowledge, an international academic and research campus in Panama. The program gives students from both countries and a variety of disciplines the […]
Epidemiology was nowhere on her radar when Dr. Shandey Malcolm graduated from the University of Miami with a biology degree in 2004. “I knew I wanted to pursue a master’s degree, but I was unsure of the area of concentration,” said Malcolm, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) grad […]