Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, USF College of Public Health graduate, Lentz Dorcely, immigrated to the United States to Miami, Fla. when he was six. Dorcely became introduced to public health while he for studying for biology during his undergraduate sophomore year at the University of South Florida. “I came across […]
USF College of Public Health doctoral student Nate Stanley is already practicing public health, long before he’s set to graduate. Stanley, earning a PhD from the Department of Global Health in the fall of 2019, is currently serving as a Research Coordinator I at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center on […]
As the current infection control officer for Pasco County Fire Rescue, USF College of Public Health alumna Dr. Christine McGuire-Wolfe has seen her fair share of occupational exposure cases. “It’s hard to convince people who are running into burning buildings that catching Hepatitis C is a risk, because the risk […]
The USF College of Public Health’s field experience program gets students out from behind their computers, books and tablets and into the community. For students earning their MPH, MHA or industrial hygiene MSPH degree, a supervised field experience must be completed in order to graduate. “It gives students the chance […]
At the close of every semester, the USF College of Public Health honors its graduates before they embark on their professional endeavors. Students file the stresses of their final semesters in “the past” and prepare themselves for their individual paths – graduate programs, fellowships, careers – whatever the future may […]
As part of the Centers for Disease Control’s response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the CDC has organized an instruction team to train health care workers before they deploy. Dr. Donna Haiduven, associate professor in the Department of Global Health, USF College of Public Health, has joined the […]
As interdisciplinary as public health is by nature, Christine McGuire-Wolfe, adjunct faculty in the Department of Global Health, may be adding a new twist that has led to a novel study. McGuire-Wolfe became a volunteer firefighter while she was studying for her MPH. She became a paid career firefighter with […]
USF College of Public Health researchers Christine McGuire-Wolfe, PhD, CPH, EMT-P, and Donna Haiduven, PhD, RN, CIC, are co-authors on a publication entitled “Participation in a Hepatitis C and HIV Screening Program Among Emergency Responders in a Suburban Fire Department.” The study is in the June issue of the American Journal […]