First published on May 14, 2015 in observance of the COPH’s 30th anniversary celebration. Long before the deluge of online learning became a given of modern education replete with a glut of overnight “universities,” USF’s College of Public Health launched a distance-learning presence that was formidable before online classes even […]
The USF College of Public Health’s online master of public health program has been ranked number one on the list of the top 50 best online MPH programs across the country, according to the Master’s Programs Guide. Master’s Programs Guide, an online guide to helping students discover master’s programs in […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Sandhya Srinivasan, director of the Office of Educational Technology and Assessment (ETA), has been appointed as chair of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s (ASPPH) Learning Futures Forum. ASPPH created the Learning Futures forum, open to faculty and staff from ASPPH-member […]
Public health offers seven master’s degrees and 11 graduate certificates in an online or virtual format How do six instructional designers manage more than 80 online courses in the USF College of Public Health? “It takes a village and an extraordinary attention to detail,” said Sandhya Srinivasan, MPH, MEd, director […]
September is National Preparedness Month, but the USF College of Public Health embraces preparedness year-round. War. Public health emergencies. Natural and man-made disasters. Refugee campus with internally displaced persons. For most individuals, the mere idea of working in the aforementioned conditions is enough to trigger a rapid heartbeat, panic attack, […]
Theresa A. Scorcia Wilson, PhD, MPH, is 14-year veteran of the Michigan Department of Community Health, the state’s health department. She is assigned to the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Unit and manages the Cardiovascular Health, Physical Activity, and Nutrition Section. Additionally, Teri is a part-time faculty member for Central […]
Student demand for distance learning to complement classroom teaching climbs With three new online degrees, a resource expo, and a celebrity guest, USF’s College of Public Health kicked off the 2013-14 academic year. USF Bulls mascot Rocky D. Bull welcomed hundreds of coeds to campus as they descended on the […]
Biostatistician Henian Chen, MD, PhD is co-author on a publication entitled “Impact of early adolescent anxiety disorders on self-esteem development from adolescence to young adulthood.” Dr. Chen is an associate professor in the USF College of Public Health and director of the Biostatistics Core for the Clinical and Translational […]