Toxicology researchers Ushang P. Desai, Robin DeHate, PhD, Giffe T. Johnson, PhD, and Raymond D. Harbison, PhD, presented a poster entitled “Managing Public Health Risks Using Air Monitoring at a Former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) Site” at USF Health Research Day. The event was held on February 22 in Tampa. The researchers established an air monitoring plan for a former gasification plant site in Sanford, FL. This location was designated as a superfund site by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The team’s goal was twofold: (1) monitor emission from former […]

  Researchers from the USF College of Public Health spent spring break at the Society of Toxicology 52nd Annual Meeting. The group convened in San Antonio, Texas on March 10-16. Members of the college delegation presented research, led sessions, and attended meetings. Giffe T. Johnson, PhD, adjunct research assistant professor, […]

On March 1-2, key stakeholders with the Florida Disaster Behavioral Health (DBH) Response Plan and Florida Crisis Consortium (FCC) convened at the USF College of Public Health. They met to discuss a recent deployment of the DBH Strike Team and refresh their skills. USF’s Center for Operational Readiness, Response, & […]

Ms. Ami Patel, MPH, CPH, is an infection control practitioner with Florida Hospital Tampa. Last fall, Patel completed her field experience in the hospital’s infection control department. Under the mentorship of Ms. Jackie Whitaker, RN, MS, CIC, LHCRM, CPHQ, director of infection control, Patel discovered that the Clostridium difficile BI/NAP1/027 […]

The Florida Public Health Training Center (FPHTC), part of the USF College of Public Health’s Center for Leadership in Public Health Practice (CLPHP), presented several on-site training programs in Florida. The following trainings were delivered to Florida Department of Health employees and their community partners. A Field Investigator Response and Surveillance Training, Part Two (I-FIRST 2) was held in Fort Lauderdale Health Department on January 24, 2013, with 34 participants in attendance. I-FIRST 2 is an 8-hour onsite program that develops the knowledge, skills, and abilities of public health workers and […]

The first students to earn their MPH degrees in public health practice through the distance learning program graduated..

On May 4, the first graduation reception was held in the Westside Conference Room. The first MPH graduate was Barbara Glisson (Health Education)