USF College of Public Health (COPH) BSPH student Shannon Nelson has had her fair share of challenges. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2022, has navigated money issues and dealt with the devastating deaths of 10 family members and friends, including her husband and mother, over the course of […]
Dr. Tom Unnasch, a Distinguished USF Health Professor at the College of Public Health (COPH), and Dr. Tom Mason, a COPH professor, have retired, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Dr. Tom Unnasch Unnasch, an MIT- and Harvard-trained scientist who is well known for his work in tropical public health, came to […]
Nina Naas earned her MPH in global health and communicable diseases from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) in 2013. For a total of eight years, including while she was completing her degree at USF, Naas has used her talents and skills for good in our local community by […]
Do you know what each of the ingredients does in your favorite shampoo or lipstick? That’s something USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Katherine Drabiak, attorney and assistant professor of bioethics and genomics says consumers should ask more often. In “Dying to Be Fresh and Clean? Toxicants in Personal Care […]
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Colon cancer is the second deadliest cancer in the U.S. for cancers that affect both men and women, but early detection is key to prevention, according to Dr. Claudia Parvanta, director of the Florida Prevention Research Center (FPRC) at the USF College of Public Health. […]
USF College of Public Health doctoral student Dr. Fahad Mukhtar’s research “Change in Pattern of Secondary Malignancies following Kaposi sarcoma in the era of Anti-Retroviral Therapy,” published in JAMA Oncology examines how tumors that develop after Kaposi sarcoma have changed over the course of the last four decades; before and […]
USF College of Public Health doctoral student Nate Stanley is already practicing public health, long before he’s set to graduate. Stanley, earning a PhD from the Department of Global Health in the fall of 2019, is currently serving as a Research Coordinator I at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center on […]
“There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach in public health. Accordingly, the more we learn about unique subpopulations of cancer survivors, the better prepared we will be to improve the quality of life of all cancer survivors,” Dr. Alicia Best said. Best, an USF College of Public Health […]