In September, Hamisu Salihu, MD, PhD, joins three other world experts at the National Institutes of Health to provide rare expertise to guide research in the area of paternal involvement and pregnancy outcomes. To date, numerous efforts have been initiated to promote responsible fatherhood for children’s development. However, less attention […]
Public health researcher Hamisu Salihu, MD, PhD is co-author on a publication entitled “Impact of sickle cell disease and thalassemias in infants on birth outcomes.” Dr. Salihu, a professor of epidemiology, directs the USF College of Public Health’s Occupational Medicine Residency Program and the Center for Research and […]
When presented with an opportunity to hone her data analysis skills and learn SPSS, Ms. Jacqueline Eileen Oduke knew exactly where she wanted to train—The University of South Florida College of Public Health. For two months, the native of Kenya made Tampa and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics her […]
University of South Florida researcher Amy Alman, PhD, is the recipient of a 3-year grant from the American Diabetes Association. Her project, is entitled “Epicardial fat and inflammatory mediators in the excess risk of coronary artery calcification among women with type 1 diabetes.” The study uses CT scans and data […]
Fulbright Malinee Neelamegam and a team of nine Department of State alumni from Asia recently won the 2013 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund competition. The grant is offered by the Department of State to support alumni initiatives that promote shared values and innovative solutions to global challenges. The team’s project entitled […]
USF Health’s footprint as a leader the world of online learning continues to grow. The University of South Florida made its first appearance in the Guide to Online Schools, which uses data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics to rank colleges with the best quality and most affordable online programs. […]
The movies “Outbreak” and “Contagion” featured epidemiologists as disease detectives. Train to become one online through USF. Beginning in May, epidemiology graduate students at the University of South Florida College of Public Health will be able to earn a master of public health degree in an online, as well as an on-campus […]
Click Here to view the flyer! Alzheimer’s disease has become a global epidemic that will continue to increase as the baby boom generation enters the age of highest risk. Dementia is an umbrella term for problems with thinking and memory that develop in about half the population that lives to […]