Research Day 2022 participants welcomed the opportunity to once again connect with health sciences scholars across USF colleges and disciplines Masks did not hide the smiling eyes or muffle the energetic buzz of conversations that filled the USF Tampa campus Marshall Student Center on Feb. 25 as students, postdocs, residents, […]
Since 1990, the USF College of Public Health’s Alumni Society (COPH-AS) has been working to recruit alumni and mentor students, give out scholarships and plan events to foster Bull pride. At its peak in 1996, more than 300 paid alumni were members of the society. Today, the COPH-AS is thriving. […]
Now more than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated how one’s daily decisions impact not only personal health, but the health of friends, families and communities, according to Dr. Cheryl Vamos, USF College of Public Health (COPH) associate professor. Vamos served as principal investigator with a research team examining health […]
“This group of students have persevered under unprecedented circumstances. Their worlds were flipped upside down and they have hung in there, learning in new ways since March of 2020. Many of these graduates were working while they attended school and continue to do so on the front lines of the […]
Two years into a worldwide pandemic and COVID-19 still grips our attention. And rightly so. Overall, there have been more than 250 million cases of COVID-19 and 5 million-plus deaths. Vaccines have offered hope, but with fewer than 60 percent of the American population fully vaccinated and new mutations bursting […]
Five USF Health faculty and educators were recently honored by the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists (TBABJ), each receiving awards for their efforts in keeping the public informed during the COVID-19 pandemic through interviews with local and state-wide news media. At the TBABJ’s Griot Drum Awards and Scholarship Ceremony, […]
The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Dr. Ricardo Izurieta, professor, and Dr. Benjamin Jacob, associate professor, aim to identify hot spots for COVID-19 in Ecuador using cutting-edge epidemiological methods combining data with technology. The “COVID-Zero: Minga for the Health and Work” project began in Quito, Ecuador, in March of […]
“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 […]