Fire and Water. Light and Dark. Health and Disease. Life and Death. All these are dualities found in nature, each one integral to the other. The sharp contrast of burning embers could not exist without the soothing calm of oceans; eternal sunshine without eternal darkness; a full lifetime without the […]
Global Health’s Donna Haiduven, PhD, and Christine McGuire-Wolfe, PhD, presented two poster presentations at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 40th Annual Conference and International Meeting. The event was held June 8-10 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Haiduven was first author and Dr. McGuire-Wolfe, second author, […]
At the April 22nd meeting of the USF Undergraduate Council, the Council approved Global Health based minors and undergraduate certificates in Global Communicable Disease and Infection Control. Each new minor and certificate is twelve credit hours and will be available to Undergraduate students beginning in the Fall of 2013. These are the second and third Undergraduate minors/certificates offered through the Department of Global Health, the first being the undergraduate minor and certificate in Community Engaged Home Land Security and Emergency Management. Both minors require 12 credit hours. The Department of […]
Ms. Ami Patel, MPH, CPH, is an infection control practitioner with Florida Hospital Tampa. Last fall, Patel completed her field experience in the hospital’s infection control department. Under the mentorship of Ms. Jackie Whitaker, RN, MS, CIC, LHCRM, CPHQ, director of infection control, Patel discovered that the Clostridium difficile BI/NAP1/027 […]