* Dr. Charles Mahan, currently a Profesor & Dean Emeritus of the USF College of Public Health and the Chiles Center, helped organize public hearings around the country regarding infant mortality. The public hearings were held by then Senator Lawton Chiles. When Chiles became a Florida Governor, Dr. Mahan served […]
It sits on a sprawling, metropolitan college campus. Outside, you’re greeted by swaying palm trees and dancing rays of sunlight bouncing off huge glass windows. It is unmistakably Florida. What happens inside is even more impressive! For ten years the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies […]
CFO Alex Sink and state agencies join forces with community groups and businesses to reach families with uninsured children TALLAHASSEE – Several state agencies are distributing thousands of KidCare enrollment applications and information materials at community events across Florida in an effort to reach families with uninsured children. As families attend Back-to-School events and community immunization fairs, they are being greeted by state employees and agency leaders promoting KidCare, the state-subsidized health insurance program for children 18 and under. To demonstrate this commitment to community outreach, Florida Chief […]
The College of Public Health was well represented during the FPHA meeting. Dean Donna Petersen introduced Dr. Maria Jose Francois, who gave the address at the luncheon sponsored by the College. The title of Dr. Francois’ address was: A Public Health Leader’s Journey. She received the College’s 2007 Public Health Woman of the Year award. Dr. Charles Mahan spoke at a workshop on national accreditation of local and state health departments. Dr. Jeanine Coreil provided a session on the “Organizational Culture of Public Health Practice.” Dr. Lisa Brown, from FMHI […]
The following article is reprinted from the Spring/Summer 2007 issue of the USF magazine RESEARCH: Dengue Fever and Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis are just two of the many serious threats to public health in Florida. While these diseases occasionally raise their heads in the news, most Floridians are apt to take […]
Public health student Juan Santiago (back, standing) observes a Dominican health promoter teaching a cardiovascular health education class. Dr. Wayne Westhoff and Dr. Jaime Corvin of the Department of Global Health, USF College of Public Health, traveled to the Dominican Republic this May on a yearly academic and field […]
Innovative educational opportunities continue at USF Health as its College of Public Health partners with Stetson University College of Law to offer a MPH/JD dual degree. “We are excited that our college and Stetson College of Law could pave the way for these exciting endeavors,” said Karen Liller, PhD, associate […]
“Today we’re so much wiser!” Betty Castor (at right at the Panama Canal) said in describing the international work in which she’s involved as Executive Director of the Patel Center for Global Solutions. “We have to listen and learn and work together on our mutual interests.” She recently visited Panama, […]