Dr. Ellen Daley, associate dean for research and practice at the USF College of Public of Health recently spoke to several hundred dentists and dental hygienists at the American Dental Association meeting in Atlanta about the connection between human papillomavirus (HPV) and oropharyngeal cancers. Rates of HPV-related oral cancers are […]
It’s official! The 2016 Florida Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting was a huge success! The theme for this year’s meeting was “Challenges and Strategies for a New Age of Public Health.” It was held July 27-29 in Orlando, Fla. On Wednesday, July 27, the USF College of Public Health hosted […]
The College of Public Health is the first college in the nation and at the University of South Florida to use the new cloud-based app, Archivum. Archivum provides students and faculty on-the-go access to current student records, program of study check sheets, change of advisor processes and intake forms for […]
The USF College of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) received the full seven-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) for the master of health administration (MHA) degree program. “We are pleased to receive the maximum seven-year accreditation as it is evidence […]
Starting on the local level to help answer a national need, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners intends to support a youth mental health initiative with funding from Hillsborough County Health Care Plan. The potential initiative is led by USF Health faculty members Dr. Adam Lewin (lead investigator), Dr. Alison Salloum and Dr. Eric Storch and results from recommendations of a Mental Health Task Force created by the commission under the leadership of County Commissioner Sandra Murman and Dr. John Curran, associate vice president at USF Health. The Task […]
The numbers are in from this year’s Give Life Day at COPH, the semi-annual service drive sponsored by the USF College of Public Health, and they spell success in any language. According to Ellen Kent, USF Health Service Corps coordinator, the Oct. 16 event yielded impressive numbers in every category. […]
Dr. Sanne Struijk is a visiting legal scholar from the Netherlands, where she is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Law at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. In her month at the USF College of Public Health, her grant-funded mission is to further her comparative […]
Dr. John Petrila, professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the USF College of Public Health, has been selected to be a member of Leadership Florida’s class of 2014-15. Created by the Florida Chamber of Commerce in 1982, the nonprofit organization is a growing consortium […]