“The USF College of Public Health (COPH) has always considered our top priority to be the development of our students for careers in the public health profession. The Certified in Public Health (CPH) exam was designed as a way to help professionalize the field of public health so it is no […]
National Influenza Vaccination Week is Dec. 6-12 Getting vaccinated against the flu saves lives, according to USF College of Public Health researcher Dr. Jill Roberts, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. Roberts examined the fatal case of a healthy 30-year-old woman who died of a co-infection […]
Is your refrigerator running? Yes. Is your refrigerator running up your food bill? Also, yes. Forget about leaving the doors open while you search for a midnight snack—though that is a waste, too—your ice box is slowly sucking money from your wallet because of its contents. That conclusion comes from […]
Jill Roberts’ reputation precedes her. “I walk into restaurants, and they say, ‘God, here she comes,’” she explains with pride. Roberts is a professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, and she does not negotiate when it comes to food safety. “We have a lot of […]
USF College of Public Health researcher Jill Roberts, PhD, published a paper entitled “Classification of Epidemic Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Anatomical Site of Isolation” in the journal BioMed Research International. Dr. Roberts is an assistant professor and food safety expert in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. Her research interests […]
Azodicarbonamide (ADA) is a chemical additive often found in bread. “It’s a dough conditioner,” said food safety expert Jill Roberts, PhD. “So when you go to Subway, and break open that bread, it has a really nice pattern of bubbles in it. That chemical is one of the reasons it […]
Jill Roberts could have a plethora of titles both before and after her name. With master’s and doctorate degrees from the USF College of Public Health, she is certainly accomplished. However, which accomplishment really gets her going? Running. Dr. Roberts, an assistant professor specializing in food safety, began running in […]
“When you look at a box of cereal and it’s past its use by date, who cares,” says, a food safety expert in the USF College of Public Health. “If you haven’t opened that product it’s good for another couple of years.” An estimated 15% of US households are food […]