Dr. Russell Kirby, USF Distinguished Professor and Marrell Endowed Chair in the Department of Community and Family Health, received the John McQueen Award for outstanding contributions to the maternal and child health profession at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs annual conference Jan. 24-27 in Washington, D.C. The […]
A Bull gone global, Sierra Petrosky, an MPH student in the College of Public Health, has officially become a rural community health volunteer in the country of Benin. The role she has taken is part of her training as a Peace Corps volunteer in conjunction with the Peace Corps Master’s […]
USF College of Public Health researchers Drs. Jennifer Marshall, Russell Kirby and colleagues publish an article on early childhood supports and services for children with Down syndrome and their parents. Their research is in the June issue of Child: Care, Health and Development. Marshall is a research assistant professor who […]
The #usfcophrocks tour is headed to the Dean’s Lecture Series for a conversation with COPH alumna Dr. Charlan D. Kroelinger. She improves the public’s health through her work with the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Assigned to the Field Support Branch in the Division of […]
Deciding who among a scholarship applicant pool is both qualified and deserving can be challenging. When the USF College of Public Health Student Affairs Committee met to determine who would be selected to earn this year’s Greg Alexander Scholarship in Maternal and Child Health, the team was at a standstill […]
Students from the USF Maternal and Child Health Leadership Training Program attended the fourth annual Making Lifelong Connections Conference in Denver, Co., on May 8-9. The USF delegation connected with current and former trainees from MCH Bureau-funded training programs around the country, including former USF MCH trainee Paul Milford, MSW. […]
Aiming to shed a stronger light on the long-term outcomes for children with congenital heart defects in Australia, Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD, MPH, will work at the University of Western Australia as part of a highly competitive Fulbright scholarship. Dr. Nembhard, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics […]
Public health researchers Jason Salemi, PhD, MPH, Hamisu Salihu, MD, PhD, and colleagues are co-authors on a publication entitled “Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Severe Maternal-Infant Morbidity/Mortality in the United States, 1998-2009.” The study is in the May issue of SLEEP. Drs. Salemi and Salihu are researchers in the USF College […]