– Public health graduate student Karen Dyer educates others about the long-term complications of childhood cancer treatment – Karen Dyer, diagnosed with cancer at age 15 and now cancer-free, practices yoga. Two days after beginning her sophomore year of high school Karen Dyer was faced with a possible death sentence. […]
Tampa Bay Heart Walk – November 10th – 9:00 a.m. – Raymond James Stadium. COPH faculty and staff who wish to participate in the Walk may click on this link USF COPH faculty and Staff walkers and proceed. COPH students are invited to join with the other USF Health students in the Service Corps team – see USF Health Service Corps – Student Volunteers team!
Greg R. Alexander September 20, 1950 – February 20, 2007 The 2007 Martha May Eliot Award, honoring exceptional achievements in maternal and child health has been awarded posthumously to Greg Alexander, ScD, MPH, RS, by the American Public Health Association. A professor in both the USF colleges of Public Health […]
Safety glasses protect citrus workers’ eyes from the hazards of whipping branches and flying debris. A USF College of Public Health Prevention Research Center project to help prevent eye injuries among Central Florida citrus workers is featured prominently on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PRC website. (Read CDC-posted […]
Dr. Charles Mahan joined public health leaders reflecting on 10-year mark of Florida’s historic $13-billion tobacco industry settlement While Florida has scored victories against cigarette makers since 1997, the state still has unfinished business in helping the 3.1 million adult Floridians who are still smoking, said Charles Mahan, MD, dean […]
Dennis Kyle, PhD Tampa, FL (Sept. 6, 2007) — A USF public health professor will contribute data to a new global network to monitor antimalarial drug resistance and guide malaria treatment and prevention policies. Dennis Kyle, PhD, a professor in the College of Public Health’s Department of Global Health, was […]
Despite black box warnings, USF public health researcher finds antidepressants dramatically lower suicide attempts Tampa, FL (Sept. 6, 2007) – In a highly unusual move, the FDA may rescind one of its mandates for warning labels to be placed on a group of medications, and the reasoning resides in the […]
On September 17, 2007, health experts gathered for a reception to mark the 10th anniversary of the Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies at the USF College of Public Health. The evening’s special guests included Rhea Law, widow of the late Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, and […]