Researchers at the USF College of Public Health have begun exploratory research examining HIV/AIDS in indigenous populations in Ecuador, Panama and Belize. Using syndemic theory as their lens, they are investigating factors impacting the spread of HIV/AIDS in each community, according to principle investigator Dr. Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, assistant professor in […]

Several USF Health faculty were among leading international researchers contributing to the scientific conversation at the third Vaccinology in the Tropics Conference, hosted by USF Health in Panama in January. The two-day conference offered researchers, clinicians and public health professionals the latest scientific, clinical and practical advances in vaccine research […]

USF Health had a strong presence in the USF World’s inaugural Global Achievement Awards, held Nov. 13 in the USF Gibbons Alumni Center. Leading USF Health’s winning tally was the USF Health Panama for the group category. Watching through Skype was the team earning the award and included Cristienn Joudaane […]

January was Cervical Health Awareness Month Dr. Arlene Calvo has been on the front lines of cervical cancer research in Panama for well more than a decade. A research assistant professor in the Department of Community and Family Health for USF Health-Panama, she began conducting cervical cancer research in that […]

The USF Health-Panama Program and COPH alumni delivered eight posters and oral presentations at the 15th National Conference for the Advancement of Science. Presented by the Panamanian Society for the Advancement of Science, the conference was held at the City of Knowledge in Panama Oct. 15-18. The conference was inaugurated […]

This past summer, another cohort of multidisciplinary students from diverse program areas – including maternal and child health, epidemiology, global health, public health practice and social work, among others – has undertaken a lifetime learning experience courtesy of the USF College of Public Health. For the past three summers, Drs. […]

“Sanitation first, construction second. Medicine before engineering.” —  President Theodore Roosevelt As part of the centennial of the Panama Canal, the University of South Florida, the Panama Canal Authority and the Gorgas Memorial Institute have collaborated to organize an historical forum designed to highlight the importance that public health had not only […]

Public Health student Christina Sudduth is one of 20 females chosen from across the nation to participate in an advocacy practicum in New York City. The event was held in conjunction with the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which offered an opportunity […]