The DrPH Public Health and Clinical Laboratory Science and Practice program at the University of South Florida College of Public Health is uniquely designed to meet the needs of working laboratory professionals and strengthen the pipeline of public health laboratory leaders. We discussed the origins of the program, APHL’s pivotal involvement and its […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) is saying thank you and goodbye to three longtime staff members as they retire. Combined, the three gave over 50 years of dedicated service to the college. Alma Hurd Hurd, who retired in May, was a fiscal and business specialist with the college […]
The bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB)—a life-threatening respiratory condition spread from person to person through infected particles in the air—takes weeks-to-months to grow, making it one of nature’s slowest-growing infections. That means a patient with suspected but unconfirmed tuberculosis can remain undiagnosed, untreated, and infectious while a laboratory grows a […]