Posts Tagged international field experience

USF COPH Peace Corps volunteer, Annastesia Mims, empowers girls in Swaziland

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Her passion in life has always been to be a voice for the voiceless, to develop community partnerships and to create equality across cultures. Annastesia Mims, a USF College of Public Health global health master’s student, deployed to Swaziland, Africa in June 2014. She has been serving as a community […]

Dr. Boo Kwa’s five-country tour brings a world of opportunities to COPH students

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The USF College of Public Health has taken a step forward in finding new connections in Asia for students to travel and execute international field experiences and research projects abroad. During the spring semester, Dr. Boo Kwa, professor in Global Health and associate dean for International Programs, toured five Asian […]

CATHALAC/USF strengthen partnership for collaboration

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On Jan. 20, the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) and the University of South Florida, USF Health, signed a general agreement for collaboration with the purpose of facilitating academic and scientific research cooperation between the two entities.  The signing of this agreement […]

Get lessons in health and life from study abroad to Malaysia

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What happens when Southeast Asia is combined with communicable disease prevention programs and community health? The result is a new USF College of Public Health summer study abroad program based in Malaysia.   As our world rapidly becomes more and more globalized, organizations in every field seek employees not only […]

Krystal Hill + St. Lucia = a picturesque IFE

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World traveler.  Student extraordinaire.  Global health practitioner. She’s Krystal Hill, a graduate student in the USF College of Public Health, and she recently returned from St. Lucia, the site of her international field experience. As a USF undergraduate and graduate student, Krystal carefully orchestrated a collegiate career that perfectly blends […]