For the first time in history, the USF College of Public Health offered it’s free Flu Shot Drive during Homecoming Week. According to event organizer Ellen Kent, MPH, more than 1,300 vaccines were administered this year—up from 1,100 in 2012. Several local radio and television stations promoted the event, including Health News Florida. Undergraduate student Elsie De Marziani reported on the flu shot drive for The Digital BullPen, the online news service of the USF School of Mass Communications. Most recently, Donna Petersen, ScD., MHS, CPH, wrote an op-ed for […]

Dr. Donna Petersen moderates session at the ASPPH Annual Meeting Many thanks to Dean Donna Petersen (South Florida) who moderated the November 13 “Accelerating a Social Determinants Model to Build Our Health Ecosystem” webinar, which is now archived here. Dean Petersen, among her many national roles, is chair of the Framing the […]

Donna Petersen, ScD, interim senior vice president for USF Health and dean of the College of Public Health, joined leadership from the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the new student science labs at Mote Marine in Sarasota.     As an agent of collaboration, the USF […]

Chris Dawson, 20, reared by his grandparents, lost health insurance when he “aged out” of the state foster care system at age 18.  So, the University of South Florida College of Public Health student said he was eager to be one of the first Tampa Bay consumers to seek navigator […]

October 1 is less than a month away. As implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) draws near, one of the most important issues for individuals and families is how to assure that they have taken full advantage of the Health Insurance Marketplace. To assist the USF community and general public with navigating this process, the College of Public Health is partnering with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to host “Negotiating the Health Insurance Marketplace.” The information session is scheduled for Wednesday, September 25 from 4-5pm. Attendees […]

The Department of Health and Human Services navigator award is the largest in Florida, and second nationwide A $4.2 million grant awarded to the University of South Florida will help eligible uninsured individuals get health care.  The one-year grant, awarded by the Depart­ment of Health and Human Services, will help […]

Donna Petersen and Terry Noonan at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland this summer … Planning a late December wedding.

Harry van Loveren, MD, chair of the Morsani College of Medicine Neurosurgery Department, and Donna Petersen, ScD, dean of the College of Public Health, have been selected as interim leaders for USF Health effective Aug. 12. Dr.van Loveren will serve as interim dean of the Morsani College of Medicine and […]