The endowed Amanda Gill Memorial Fund was established to provide further research or educational opportunities to students studying public health, specifically in the area of infectious disease, which Amanda was passionate about. USF College of Public Health alumna Amanda Gill had a heart for helping others. A graduate of the […]
When Stephanie Carraway relocated to Tampa from Florida’s East Coast 12 years ago, she took a job as a secretary in the infection prevention department at Moffitt Cancer Center. “My time there proved to be highly influential,” said Carraway, a native of Islamorada, Fla., and a 2006 graduate of Florida […]
When Jennifer Davids graduated in 2019 with her bachelor’s degree in public health, she started work promoting a health screening program. Although she loved the people she was helping, she didn’t really feel fulfilled. What she wanted, she realized, was a boots-on-the-ground job in health care, fighting disease and infection. […]
After two years, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) was able to celebrate the 2022 fall graduates virtually and in person on Dec. 9-10. This semester, 456 undergraduates, 70 students seeking their master’s degree and seven doctoral students graduated and entered the public health profession. On Dec. 9, the COPH welcomed master’s and doctoral students […]
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, […]
Barmak Kusha said he experienced a change of heart while in medical school. While he liked the “fighting disease part” of the field, he wasn’t sure that treating ill people was what he really wanted to do for a career. After leaving medical school, he immediately began taking courses in […]
The daughter of a family physician and physician assistant, Caitlin Crews-Stowe says she was always interested in health and science, and in particular, infectious diseases. “I used to read books on outbreaks when I was in elementary school,” says Crews-Stowe, who graduated the USF College of Public Health (COPH) in […]
Dr. Kelli Barr has joined the USF College of Public (COPH) as an associate research professor in global health and infectious disease. Barr, who was born in Iowa but raised in Santa Rosa, Calif., was previously an assistant professor of biology at Baylor University. She also held the position of […]