From improving water quality to advancing mental health care to pursuing new treatments for Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease, 22 USF faculty members are being recognized next month with Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Awards. The recipients’ research accomplishments span a variety of fields across biology, business, communication, education, engineering, medicine, psychology […]

In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally recommended preconception care for both women and men. Yet men are often overlooked when it comes to smoking cessation counseling, blood pressure screenings, weight management guidance and other preconception care services. And the consequences can be dire. In fact, […]

Dawn Hunter’s first exposure to public health came when she worked as a research assistant in the Advanced Biosensors Laboratory at USF’s Center for Biological Defense. “We developed and tested rapid-detection methods for food and waterborne pathogens,” said Hunter, who holds two bachelor’s degrees—one in English literature from Princeton and […]

Kelli Agrawal, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) PhD student concentrating in community and family health, is a Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) student fellow in injury prevention. The fellowship, which runs from Sept. 2022 to July 2023, is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s […]

For the first time since 2019, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) attended the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) annual meeting in person. COPH students, alumni, faculty, staff and others associated with the college were there to present research, attend symposiums, network with colleagues and develop professional skills. The […]

Angela Makris, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) doctoral candidate, recently attended the European Social Marketing Conference and served on a panel focusing on the role social marketing can play in health and health care disparities for people with disabilities.  The conference was held in Greece in June. The […]

June is LGBT Pride Month Businesses often claim to be invested in inclusivity and diversity when June and LGBT Pride Month roll around. It’s good for the corporate image, which in turn can be good for business. But what happens the rest of the year? How committed are businesses to […]

“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 […]