Leandra Olson got her first real introduction to public health when she was a junior in college at the University of Minnesota, taking part in an internship with the Minnesota Vikings Children’s Fund that focused on childhood obesity. “A mentor at the time noticed that I seemed to have more […]

COVID-19 and the lockdown orders it ushered in prevented many people—including pregnant women, who rely on regularly scheduled medical checkups for safe deliveries and healthy babies—from accessing health care.  To fill a need, USF Health initiated telemedicine appointments for obstetric patients at the beginning of the pandemic. “Because the obstetric […]

University of South Florida College of Public Health associate professor Dr. Jennifer Marshall, an expert in maternal-child health, is a co-principal investigator with USF OB-GYN Dr. Kimberly Fryer of a “secret shopper” survey to evaluate access to prenatal care for women in Florida with opioid use disorder (OUD). The study […]

USF College of Public Health (COPH) grad Monica Beltran emigrated to the U.S. from Colombia when she was 11 years old and put herself through Rollins College in Orlando by working as a hotel housekeeper.  From Orlando to Tampa Beltran graduated from Rollins in 2009—not exactly a booming time for […]

Each year the USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health chooses six graduate students to become MCH Student Leadership Scholars. Despite the pandemic, the scholars pressed on, taking part in a specialized curriculum and individualized, professional-development activities, albeit all remotely. But that virtual […]