Dr. Gene Felber is a Bull three times over. He received his bachelor’s from the university in 1991, his MSPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from USF’s College of Public Health (COPH) in 1993 and his PhD in epidemiology five years later. “I was the first in my family—immediate or extended—to […]
Dr. Tom Unnasch, a Distinguished USF Health Professor at the College of Public Health (COPH), and Dr. Tom Mason, a COPH professor, have retired, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Dr. Tom Unnasch Unnasch, an MIT- and Harvard-trained scientist who is well known for his work in tropical public health, came to […]
December is a month of endings and beginnings on college campuses. Last December, in addition to graduating 263 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, the USF College of Public Health said goodbye to three longtime faculty, Drs. Barbara Orban, Kate Wolfe-Quintero and Aurora Sanchez-Anguiano, along with staff member, Mary Johnson. “We have been fortunate […]
“Like so many other Floridians, early in the pandemic, I turned to Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard for complete, accurate, and timely information. But I very quickly noticed that it was difficult to satisfy my increasingly specific questions about those impacted by COVID-19 by person, place, […]
USF College of Public Health alumni Anthony Marquez and Matt Allman have found themselves in the same building, but this time as colleagues rather than classmates. The recent epidemiology grads—Marquez earned an MPH in 2019 and Allman is a double COPH alumnus earning an MPH in 2019 and bachelors […]
The adjustment abroad has been easy, according to USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Aurora Sanchez-Anguiano. The associate professor of epidemiology, who has been with the COPH since 1999, is currently residing in Kazakhstan for a year-long appointment as a visiting professor at Nazarbayev University. “Public health is universal and […]
In June, the state of Florida passed into law House Bill 501, allowing the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs to contract with a state university to provide and evaluate alternative treatment options for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or traumatic brain injuries. Florida is the only state in the […]
Dr. Kevin Kip, a COPH professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and a distinguished USF Health professor, is a leading researcher on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans. Kip, along with other past and present USF colleagues, has published three studies on PTSD and its effects on veterans and active-duty military […]