First published on July 13, 2015 in observance of the COPH’s 30th anniversary celebration. Founded in 1997 by a training grant supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Sunshine Education and Research Center at the USF College of Public Health stemmed from an industrial hygiene training […]
Originally from Orlando, Fla., USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Samantha Thacker moved to Tampa, Fla., to pursue her dual undergraduate degrees in public health and health sciences in 2012. “I was interested in public health after I heard how it focuses on health prevention rather than fixing health […]
Traditional mosquito abatement programs, which generally call for the spraying of insecticides across widespread areas via helicopters, can be expensive and imprecise. Manatee County, looking for a more effective and less-costly strategy to combat flood water or “nuisance” mosquitos, turned to experts at the USF College of Public Health (COPH) […]
With an aging population, more of us help care for our parents — most of whom would prefer to live independently in their own homes. New technology is helping adult children and other caregivers help seniors live safely and happily. HOME OUTFITTED WITH SENSORS At 80, Mary Taylor believes there’s […]
How do you go green? Watch this cool video for an idea courtesy of USF College of Public Health graduate student Ryan Ortega and environmental engineering student Robert Bair. They partnered on the 15-second video that earned first-place honors in a contest sponsored by Waste Management.
A pair of USF professors from seemingly disparate disciplines are helping to further develop and refine a new medical alert system with state-of-the-art potential. “We were approached by a company that’s developing technology to monitor seniors at home,” said Dr. Carla VandeWeerd, assistant professor in the Department of Community and […]