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.” […]
Growing up, Dr. Dauda Fadeyi’s first love was basketball. He went to college on a full athletic scholarship and dreamed of joining the NBA or playing overseas. Even though his parents—his father was an epidemiologist and his mother a social worker—supported his basketball aspirations, Fadeyi, who grew up in Tampa […]
Thanks to an increase in the widespread use of antiretroviral therapy (ART)—an HIV treatment regimen of medications—a large proportion of those living with HIV are now older than 50 years old, especially in developed countries like the U.S., according to USF College of Public Health doctoral student Erik Ruiz. However, […]
Do financial incentives promote HIV testing in pregnant women? Which is better at improving HIV testing rates among pregnant women in a high-HIV burden setting in Ecuador: giving the women printed information about HIV and testing, giving them information and nudging them to get tested or providing them with a […]
Dr. Miguel Reina Ortiz, an alumnus and assistant professor in the USF College of Public Health has long held an interest in working to solve the HIV epidemic around the world and specifically in Ecuador, where most of his schooling and education took place. Reina Ortiz continuously conducts various research […]
As the sexual minority health coordinator at the Florida Department of Health in Orlando, Fla., USF College of Public Health graduate student Nicole Elinoff understands the power of social media. A full-time employee and MPH student who commutes from Tampa to Orlando—something she describes as a “short-term struggle for long-term […]
World AIDS Day is December 1 “Adolescents are often very in tune to subtle cues, so if the person speaking to them is nervous or uncomfortable, they will likely know,” said Dr. Stephanie Marhefka, professor in the USF College of Public Health’s Department of Community and Family Health. She explored […]
USF College of Public Health doctoral student Dr. Fahad Mukhtar’s research “Change in Pattern of Secondary Malignancies following Kaposi sarcoma in the era of Anti-Retroviral Therapy,” published in JAMA Oncology examines how tumors that develop after Kaposi sarcoma have changed over the course of the last four decades; before and […]