The USF College of Public Health (COPH) is home to some of the country’s leading experts on hurricane safety, preparedness and resiliency. They are available to help provide expert commentary and insight to your hurricane coverage. Amber Mehmood Dr. Amber Mehmood is an associate professor and leads the global disaster […]

Could a mobile health intervention offer the necessary insight and effective training needed to increase the willingness of low- and middle- income country-based health care workers to respond to public health emergencies? That’s what USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Amber Mehmood, associate professor specializing in global disaster management, is […]

A team led by USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Dr. Christine McGuire-Wolfe, assistant professor and COPH PhD alumna, has been awarded a seed research grant from the USF Women’s Health Collaborative (WHC). The goal of the WHC is to support interdisciplinary research projects aimed at advancing women’s health. McGuire-Wolfe […]

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 […]

A story of growth One USF College of Public Health (COPH) internal seed grant has helped the research efforts of Dr. Mahmooda Khaliq Pasha, assistant professor of social marketing, blossom into more than half a million dollars. As a result of the work she was able to do because of […]

Leading the USF College of Public Health’s MPH global disaster management, humanitarian relief and homeland security (GHH) concentration, Dr. Amber Mehmood joined the college as an associate professor this past February. “The COPH is an institution that prides itself on its contributions to the community. It’s a place where community […]