When USF College of Public Health (COPH) professor Dr. Karen Liller was approached by the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine to write an article on injury prevention, she switched gears and decided what was really needed was an article on the importance of physicians advocating for injury prevention measures. In […]
“This group of students have persevered under unprecedented circumstances. Their worlds were flipped upside down and they have hung in there, learning in new ways since March of 2020. This group has learned in real-time what it means to confront the failings of our system.” said USF College of Public […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) Activist Lab received an Advocacy on Campuses that Impacts Our Nation (A.C.T.I.O.N.) grant from the American Public Health Association Student Assembly on March 8. The Activist Lab serves as the hub of excellence in providing interdisciplinary advocacy, education, research and service opportunities for […]
The 2020-2021 school year has been a tumultuous time for students with the COVID-19 pandemic, but amidst of all the turmoil and disruptions COPH student leaders and organizations excelled. During the year-end award ceremonies, COPH students were notably present and honored for their hard-earned efforts. On April 20, during the USF […]
USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Dr. Karen Liller, an expert in injury prevention, has taken on a leadership role in the university’s new Center for Justice Research and Policy (CJRP). The interdisciplinary, collaborative center, launched in January, is devoted to the study of social and criminal justice issues around […]
The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Activist Lab held its third annual boot camp Friday, January 29. The 2021 event, held virtually, focused on advocacy and pandemics, particularly COVID-19. “These exciting boot camps allow participants to not only learn about advocacy and policy changes, but to focus on particular public […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) undergraduate student Karen Ruiz-Ayala was awarded the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Scholarship by the USF Black Alumni Society on January 15 during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Virtual Dedication Luncheon. The MLK Scholarship was established to recognize and assist a USF […]
The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Activist Lab recently aired five podcasts dealing with structural racism. Structural racism is defined in academic literature as the institutions, social forces and ideologies that interact with one another to generate and reinforce inequities among racial and ethnic groups. The Activist Lab offers […]