From receiving awards to making presentations to attending a spirited reception, USF College of Public Health (COPH) students, faculty, staff and alumni left their mark on the annual American Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting and Expo. The theme for this year’s event, attended by more than 10,000 public health advocates […]
Three USF College of Public Health (COPH) students presented research abstracts at the Delta-Omega-sponsored Student Poster Session at the annual American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Meeting and Expo held in Atlanta in November. Delta Omega is a national honorary society for public health students with more than 20,000 members. Each year, […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) Activist Lab recently received an American Public Health Association (APHA) Student Champions Climate Justice Award. The APHA’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity presents the Student Champions for Climate Justice Awards each year to student groups across the country. Students receiving the award […]
Your University of South Florida College of Public Health (COPH) colleagues are excited to see you at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta. We want to celebrate with all of you participating in the largest gathering of public health scholars and professionals in the country! The last time APHA […]
Since childhood, USF College of Public Health grad Shahrzad Zamani was interested in what makes people sick and how to prevent it, but it wasn’t until her second year of undergraduate school at USF taking biology classes that her path narrowed to public health. “I was interested in people,” Zamani […]
The year was 2019 and the location was Lucky Strike in Philly. That was the last time we gathered for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting … We are grateful for pandemic progress that will finally allow us to gather again in November 2022! Your USF College of Public Health […]
“At the height of the pandemic last year, in the midst of lockdowns and school closures, I would hear news about college students in general and how they were being affected, but nothing about international students, who usually experience more stressors than local college students,” Chinyere Reid, a doctoral candidate […]
On Oct. 25, Dr. Donna Petersen, dean of the USF College of Public Health (COPH), was awarded the 2021 Martha May Eliot Award by the American Public Health Association (APHA) for her outstanding service to maternal and child health. Following in Legendary Footsteps The award is given annually to commemorate […]