First published on February 10, 2020 in observance of the COPH’s 35th anniversary celebration. The USF College of Public Health become one of the first public health programs in the nation to transform the core curriculum to meet 21st century public health needs and to meet changing Council for Education […]
“I would ask you as you’re watching, listening and reading about COVID-19, ask your graduate to explain to you how what they have learned and studied is applied. Everything that we do in public health can be applied to the current pandemic and situation we are in right now,” said […]
The USF College of Public Health’s online master of public health program has been ranked number one on the list of the top 50 best online MPH programs across the country, according to the Master’s Programs Guide. Master’s Programs Guide, an online guide to helping students discover master’s programs in […]
“I found I loved public health policy almost as much as social marketing,” said MPH graduate, Julie Hentz. Hentz graduated May 6 with a master of public health degree from the USF College of Public Health. She made the jump from advertising to public health after working for years in […]
It was her freshman year and USF College of Public Health alumna Jamilla Cooper was still not quite sure what she wanted to major in. However, she reached an epiphany after enrolling in her first public health course: Sex, Health, and Decision Making. “It awakened my interest for public health because […]
Just one year past its 30 year anniversary, the College of Public Health continues to kick things up a notch, as Dean Donna Petersen showed during her State of the College Address on October 13. From moving up five spots to number 16 in the U.S. News and World Report’s […]
USF researchers Dennis E. Kyle, PhD, and Bill J. Baker, PhD, are the recipients of a $399,913 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The two-year award allows the investigators to apply their skills in natural products drug discovery to identify new compounds with potential to treat […]
Since 2009, a team of researchers and social marketers at the Florida Prevention Research Center (FPRC) collaborated with the Tweens Nutrition and Fitness Coalition in Lexington, Kentucky to develop and test the Community Based Prevention Marketing for Policy Development framework. The end result is a healthier menu in concession stands at […]