The USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Joe Bohn received an outstanding honor in public health education and community engagement from the Pinellas Community Health Action Team (CHAT). The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County created the CHAT in 2012 to serve as a steering committee for local health […]
In 2021, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) said goodbye to two faculty, Drs. Kay Perrin and Max Salfinger. Kay Perrin, PhD, MPH, CPH, RN Dr. Kay Perrin officially retired from the COPH on August 6 as associate professor and assistant dean of undergraduate studies. She was a nurse […]
Jones and Bartlett Learning, a leading provider of instructional, assessment and learning-performance management solutions for the secondary, post-secondary and professional markets, recently published the second edition of “Principles of Planning, Evaluation, and Research for Health Care Programs.” The textbook, updated since its first publishing in 2014, was written by Dr. […]
On May 2, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) graduated 220 students. One hundred twenty-one of them received a bachelor of science in public health. The other 99 were graduate students. Eight received doctorate degrees; 91 received master’s degrees. Undergraduate Send-Off The day’s festivities began in the morning. Undergraduates […]
“My practice is servant leadership aimed at achieving strategic systems change, my passion is elevating women’s voices in the field of maternal and child health,” said USF College of Public Health alumna Dr. Jordana Frost. Frost graduated from Indiana University with her BS in business administration, but was introduced to […]
On Aug. 8 the University of South Florida College of Public Health officially adopted a new organizational structure removing the five department model and reorganizing into four strategic areas, which Dean Donna Petersen says will allow for greater faculty collaboration. “What we have created is different ways to align ourselves […]
The USF College of Public Health is all about pushing boundaries and for the eleven students in the Health Scholars program, that’s exactly what they are doing. The program is offered to first-time-in-college students who want to earn a bachelor of science in public health (BSPH) degree, according to Dr. Kay Perrin, […]
The USF College of Public Health graduated 122 future public health professionals on Saturday, Aug. 4. Fifty-eight students received a bachelor’s degree, 60 a master’s degree and four were awarded doctorates. From the pinning ceremony for the undergraduates held Friday morning, Aug. 3, to the graduation celebration held for the graduate […]