According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 46 percent of U.S. youth—or 34 million children—have had at least one adverse childhood experience by age 18, and more than 20 percent have had two or more.  Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events such as the death or incarceration of […]

Dr. Karen Liller, a USF College of Public Health(COPH) professor and director of the college’s Activist Lab (which provides advocacy training, research and opportunities), teamed with Ellen Kent, coordinator of the USF Health Service Corps, and Activist Lab Student Advisory Board members to develop the Adopt-a-School Program for student advocacy. […]

What is public health? A greater number of school kids can answer that question, thanks to the participation of the USF College of Public Health (COPH) faculty, students and staff in the Great American Teach-In. The Great-American Teach-In—typically held in November—is a national, annual event in which parents, business leaders, […]

Student volunteers from the USF College of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) are mentoring Tampa Bay Technical High School’s Health Administration Academy seniors for six months in the high school’s newest revolutionary program. Founded in 1969, Tampa Bay Technical High School (TBT) has evolved throughout its […]

Through Title VII, Hillsborough County Public Schools provides support for Native American and Alaskan Native students. The group recently named Julie Baldwin an “Everyday Hero.”   Dr. Julie Baldwin earned her doctorate in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education in 1991 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public […]