The USF College of Public Health (COPH) has named Cynthia M. Harris, PhD, the 2022 Florida Outstanding Woman in Public Health. The college bestows the award each year to a woman whose career accomplishments and leadership contribute significantly to the field of public health in Florida. Harris received the award at the USF […]
Dr. LaShanta Rice, a behavior scientist at Johnson & Johnson who received her MPH from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) in 2008, got her first introduction to public health as a post-baccalaureate trainee at Meharry Medical College, a historically Black medical school located in Nashville, Tenn. It was […]
“I love the collaborative nature of our profession. Using a systems approaches has allowed me to work in conjunction with colleagues in criminal justice, food insecurity, urban planning, housing, etc. that has taught me so much while also allowing me to advocate for optimal health for all,” said USF College […]
Initiated by the USF College of Public Health in 1988, Florida Outstanding Woman in Public Health nominations are solicited from public health practitioners across the state. The COPH bestows the award each year to a woman whose career accomplishments and leadership contribute significantly to the field of public health in […]
College of Public Health alumna Raaven Goffe, came to the University of South Florida as an international student from Nassau, Bahamas in 2013. Goffe earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical science and master of public health degree with a concentration global communicable disease and a graduate certificate in global health […]
Deanna Wathington, MD, MPH, associate dean for academic and student affairs at the USF College of Public Health, has been selected to serve as founding executive dean of the new College of Health Sciences at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Fla. “Though it pains us greatly to lose her, we […]
New online program helps all USF Health students track academic experience Corralling the details of every college activity, project and job has been greatly simplified for USF Health students with the unveiling of the new USF Health Student Portfolios. The online software helps students from throughout USF Health collect information […]