Candace Webb, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) graduate, drew inspiration from the ‘80s sitcom “The Cosby Show.” “I was really impacted by seeing representation of two black professional parents on TV. I always wanted to go into medicine and was always really interested in science and human biology.” […]
USF College of Public Health (COPH) graduate Aditi Desai has visited all seven continents—and learned about public health along the way. As the daughter of immigrants, she caught the travel bug early. Desai, who grew up in Orlando, spent summers visiting family in India and Canada, where an uncle who […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) Activist Lab held its fifth annual boot camp virtually on Jan. 27. Over 200 students, faculty and interested parties took part in the event, which focused on teaching advocacy strategies to promote global health and health equity. The Activist Lab provides interdisciplinary advocacy, […]
USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Alicia Best, an assistant professor specializing in health equity and social justice, has been featured in a new Hastings Center special report calling on the field of bioethics to take on a more active role in remedying racial injustice and health inequities in the […]
The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Maternal and Child Health Student Organization (MCHSO) will host its 13th annual symposium during the afternoons of March 24 and 25. The free event, open to the USF community and the general public, will take place in person and via Microsoft Teams. The […]
Combining forces to take action The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) Hillsborough County Office of Minority Health has chosen the USF College of Public Health (USF COPH) to co-facilitate their health equity coalition and task force with the goal to create a “health equity plan” this spring. USF COPH’s Dr. […]
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 […]
USF College of Public Health alumna Ivory Iheanacho MSPH ’14 recently co-authored a guidance document for the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) on “The Lens of Minority Populations in the Workplace During COVID-19.” This peer-reviewed guidance document is a resource for organizations looking to apply an equity lens to their […]