Little is known about how employers implement guidelines that protect and promote the safety, health, and well-being of their workers, according to USF College of Public Health doctoral student Heidi Hudson. Hudson, who is pursuing a doctor of public health degree in advanced practice leadership in public health, is lead […]
USF Health hosted its virtual 5K, “Run Family Violence Out of Tampa Bay,” from April 17-18. With 107 registrants, the effort raised more than $7,200 that will go to directly support the The USF College of Public Health (COPH) Harrell Center’s priorities. The 5K was endorsed by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office […]
The University of South Florida was one of seven universities in the U.S. to be awarded the 2018 Healthy Campus Award from the Active Minds Healthy Campus, a nonprofit organization supporting mental health awareness and education for students that aims to change the conversation about mental health. “The University of […]
The University of South Florida College of Public Health held a weeklong celebration to commemorate National Public Health Week, April 2-8. Each year National Public Health Week is held during the first full week of April and is organized by the American Public Health Association (APHA), a government-based professional organization […]
USF College of Public Health alumna Charlotte Noble crosses off each day she works out with a red “x” mark on her calendar. In her car she keeps a gym bag and headphones at arm’s reach and at her home, a refrigerator full of protein and vegetable loaded pre-prepped meals […]
Dr. Adewale Troutman said he believes strongly in the power of one. The USF College of Public Health associate dean of Health Equity and Community Engagement and professor in the Department of Community and Family Health uses that notion as his motivation. Troutman has spent the last thirty years of his […]
“If I had to sum this whole program in one word, it would be joyful,” Council Director of Girls on the Run Greater Tampa Bay Laura Moore said. Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a non-profit program for girls in third through fifth grade. Their affiliate home is at the […]
For Tampa native Lisa Nugent, a single public health course touched off a career revelation that answered the directional question mark haunting many energetic, knowledge-hungry youth. “I knew I wanted to go to grad school, but didn’t know what for,” she said. “I took a public health course, Contemporary Health […]