Students, staff and faculty from across the various University of South Florida and USF Health colleges gathered at the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) for the USF Health 6th Annual Interprofessional Education Day. In the wake of a global pandemic, burnout and a variety of other mental […]
LGBTQ+ youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their same-age heterosexual or cisgender peers, and experts say it’s not their sexual orientation or gender identity that ups their suicide risk but the isolation and stigma they feel because of discrimination against it. Kelli Agrawal, a USF College […]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month The USF College of Public Health is teaming with the university’s School of Social Work and Department of Criminology, both part of the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, to offer students a new graduate certificate in child advocacy studies. The certificate is […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) doctoral candidate Marlene Joannie Bewa was recently recognized for her many accomplishments and skills in the second-annual women’s edition of Tampa Magazines “Women to Watch 2022.” Bewa is a medical doctor and winner of both a USF Outstanding Young Alumni Award and Golden Bull […]
It’s something of a catch-22: Sleep is essential to good health, yet sleep is often reduced after traumatic events like sexual violence. What can be done to improve the sleep of traumatized people, especially those experiencing sexual trauma and living in low-to-medium income countries with multiple health disparities? Conducting research […]
Run. Walk. Skip. Jog. Hike. Unite with the USF College of Public Health (COPH) community and do your virtual 5k your way! The COPH is hosting its an annual virtual 5K, “Run Family Violence Out of Tampa Bay,” benefiting the USF Harrell Center. The event takes place from March 26-27, 2022 and is […]
Suicide is a leading cause of death among 10- to 14-year-olds in Florida. That’s one of several areas of focus in a study led by the University of South Florida (USF). The USF College of Public Health is contracted by the Florida Department of Health to help collect and analyze […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every hour seven people in this country die a violent death. A violent death, as defined by the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), is a death by homicide, suicide, legal intervention (excluding execution), a firearms unintentional death or […]