First published on May 14, 2015 in observance of the COPH’s 30th anniversary celebration. Long before the deluge of online learning became a given of modern education replete with a glut of overnight “universities,” USF’s College of Public Health launched a distance-learning presence that was formidable before online classes even […]

First published on December 9, 2019 in observance of the COPH’s 35th anniversary celebration. In 2018, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) resurrected its Public Health Executive Leadership Program, which had been dormant for 10 years. The program aims to bring rising leaders in the Florida Department of Health […]

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Community Emergency Response Team (USF CERT) played a crucial role in supporting response efforts in collaboration with the Florida Department of Health and the Hillsborough County Office of Emergency Management. The volunteer organization is dedicated to promoting, […]

Ana Scuteri felt compelled to make a difference in the health of the public after she watched two of her sisters die of a heart condition. “I knew working in this field would provide an opportunity to help improve people’s quality of life,” said Scuteri, a native of Peru who […]

The USF College of Public Health (COPH) is partnering with the Florida Department of Health, Hillsborough County, on programs designed to help build, reinforce and retain the public health workforce in the county. Funding for the county’s programs, totaling more than $15 million over five years, is coming from the […]

USF College of Public Health alum Charles Ford was recently selected as a 2022-2023 Gilman Scholarship alumni ambassador. He will serve as an official representative of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. The scholarship enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, […]

University of South Florida College of Public Health associate professor Dr. Jennifer Marshall, an expert in maternal-child health, is a co-principal investigator with USF OB-GYN Dr. Kimberly Fryer of a “secret shopper” survey to evaluate access to prenatal care for women in Florida with opioid use disorder (OUD). The study […]

Suicide is a leading cause of death among 10- to 14-year-olds in Florida. That’s one of several areas of focus in a study led by the University of South Florida (USF). The USF College of Public Health is contracted by the Florida Department of Health to help collect and analyze […]