The USF College of Public Health’s Maternal and Child Health Training Grant has been renewed for another five-year term with the new addition of a postdoctoral enhancement component. Within the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Bureau of Maternal and Child […]
Dr. Karen D. Liller and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published “Preventing unintentional injuries in the home using the health impact pyramid.” The research appears in the journal of Health Education & Behavior. Liller is a professor in the USF College of Public Health’s Department […]
Dr. Karen D. Liller published “Become Fred—a good leader for health change” in the Journal of Health Education Teaching Techniques. Who’s Fred? Why a penguin, of course. According to the abstract, “This teaching technique is designed to prepare students to understand health topics and how to be leaders for change […]
Dr. Karen Liller, professor in the Department of Community and Family Health, USF College of Public Health, was a recent guest on USF’s Sports Medicine and Athletic Related Trauma Institute (SMART) Sports Injury Registry podcast, interviewed by Dr. Barbara Morris, director of SMART. The entire podcast is available on the […]
Injury prevention specialist Karen Liller, Ph.D, wrote “How can I stay safe in my home as I age?” The article appeared in the June 28 issue of The Tampa Tribune. “There are more than 2 million nonfatal fall injuries treated for the elderly each year in emergency rooms,” Liller said, “but […]
“Leadership is a stage. Be careful how you act. Don’t underestimate your influence.” These are words of wisdom that Mr. Lee Cockerell, former Walt Disney World Resort executive, relinquished into the minds of USF’s Doctoral Student Leadership Institute participants. The March 4 lecture focused on “How to be the leader […]
Karen D. Liller, PhD, and colleague published “The Doctoral Student Leadership Institute: Learning to lead for the future” in the winter issue of the Journal of Leadership Education. Helen Terry is lead author and was Dr. Liller’s graduate assistant in the first year of the Institute. Terry, H., & Liller, […]
Unfortunately, assaults in public schools are becoming a regular feature on television news. A recent study examined the prevalence of intentional injuries among school-aged children and their impact on hospital emergency rooms. Karen D. Liller, PhD, an expert in child and adolescent injury prevention, was invited to review the study […]