There will be plenty to talk about when the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative convenes its fourth annual conference at the Holiday Inn West Shore Hotel in Tampa on April 23-24. Three national speakers will address this year’s conference, and the focus, as in previous editions, will be quality. After all, […]
A board-certified pediatrician, Dr. William Sappenfield never entered traditional medical practice. While finishing his residency, he decided he wanted to enter academics, instead. Following the advice of his father, a professor and associate dean at a medical school, he applied to an NIH-CDC research training program. “I fell in love […]
The 28th annual Gravens Conference will be held March 4-7 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach. Named for COPH Professor Emeritus Dr. Stan Graven and his wife, Mavis (thus the name “Gravens,” with an “s”), the conference is a yearly effort to improve neonatal care around the […]
The March of Dimes marks its annual World Prematurity Day on Monday, Nov. 17. Notably, the USF College of Public Health is home to two leaders in prematurity research, Dr. William Sappenfield and Dr. Russell Kirby. Sappenfield, professor and chair of the Department of Community and Family Health and director […]
On September 30, 2014, the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative held its Annual Neonatal-Focused Meeting for Florida’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) teams. Over 60 neonatologists, nurses, administrators, and state government representatives attended this free gathering in Tampa, FL. These attendees traveled to the University of South Florida from all over […]
Tamina Johnson, a USF engineering sciences doctoral student, knows a lot about the complexities of proteins, but she needed a little help when it came to choosing healthcare insurance for the first time. Johnson, 29, was among the consumers from across campus and the surrounding community, including 15 USF students, […]
From who should enroll to how to enroll to what they are enrolling in, implementation of the Affordable Care Act provided health policy experts in the USF College of Public Health with a plethora of opportunities to inform the public, engage with media, and interact with elected officials. Jodi Ray, […]
When it comes to premature births in Florida, the state gets a D from the March of Dimes. Pediatrician and maternal and child health researcher William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH, addressed the state’s poor rating and solutions for improving it with the Tampa Bay Times and The Ledger in Lakeland. […]