Three USF College of Public Health (COPH) student scholars have been selected to present their research at the Delta Omega Poster Sessions, held during the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting, to be held from Oct. 24-27 in Denver and online, is “Creating […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Stephanie Volpe was recently named associate director of global epidemiology for real world evidence at the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (AZ) in Cambridge, England. In this newly created role, Volpe is responsible for developing and leading global epidemiological studies and strategy across various products […]
A COPH poster explores the question, wins FPHA award USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumnus Michael Wiese, an epidemiology program manager at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in Hillsborough County, presented the poster Hindsight Is 2020: Lessons Learned for Health Departments Hiring Epidemic Response Contact Tracers at the […]
Leadership in providing with the public consistent projections of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations has prompted the launch of a USF-led global modeling project sponsored by Microsoft that can ultimately help scientists more swiftly identify and respond to the threat of emerging infectious diseases. Edwin Michael, professor of epidemiology, has been […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) doctoral student Stephanie Trammell was recently named director of the Contra Costa County Public Health Laboratory Services in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Contra Costa County lab is one of 33 local public health laboratories in California. Their specific laboratory specializes in the […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) grad Monica Beltran emigrated to the U.S. from Colombia when she was 11 years old and put herself through Rollins College in Orlando by working as a hotel housekeeper. From Orlando to Tampa Beltran graduated from Rollins in 2009—not exactly a booming time for […]
Dr. Christine McGuire-Wolfe, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) assistant professor and alum, has joined the Public Policy Committee of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). “Being a part of this committee allows me to cultivate an awareness of developing issues in infection control and […]
Researchers in the USF College of Public Health have launched a new study to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 variants in Tampa Bay. They’re conducting genomic sequencing of positive pooled samples collected from Tampa General Hospital and USF’s Tampa campus and comparing their makeup to the highly contagious variants that […]