First published on May 8, 2020 in observance of the COPH’s 35th anniversary celebration. The Sunshine Education and Research Center (Sunshine ERC) located in the USF College of Public Health is one of 18 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) education and research centers across the nation that […]
The endowed Amanda Gill Memorial Fund was established to provide further research or educational opportunities to students studying public health, specifically in the area of infectious disease, which Amanda was passionate about. USF College of Public Health alumna Amanda Gill had a heart for helping others. A graduate of the […]
Sara Daniels, a USF College of Public Health MSPH student, recently completed a competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) summer fellowship program. Daniels, who is concentrating in both health promotion and behavior and global communicable diseases, was a Graduate Research Fellow with the NIH’s G-SOAR program. The program provides U.S. […]
A USF College of Public Health and Center for Homeland Defense and Security Master’s alumnus has been recognized with top awards for playing a key role in the Operation Warp Speed initiative aimed at rapidly developing a COVID-19 vaccine while serving as a visiting professor at the U.S. Army War […]
Social marketing uses commercial marketing principles (e.g., solving a customer’s problem with a product or service) to achieve socially beneficial ends, such as health and safety. Building upon previous research, Dr. Claudia Parvanta, a USF College of Public Health professor who specializes in social marketing and health communication, and colleagues […]
USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Michael Edwin, professor of epidemiology and population ecology of disease transmission, says the future of COVID-19 infections can, contrary to recent debate, be forecasted using data-driven mathematical models. He and colleagues present their findings in “Combining predictive models with future change scenarios can produce […]
Tampa-based health care startup Verséa has given thousands of diagnostic COVID-19 test kits to the University of South Florida for use by students on all three campuses. This gift – valued at over $1.1 million – aligns with Verséa’s and USF’s shared commitment to supporting the development and health of the Tampa […]
USF College of Public Health alum Charles Ford was recently selected as a 2022-2023 Gilman Scholarship alumni ambassador. He will serve as an official representative of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. The scholarship enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, […]