USF College of Public Health MPH student Deborah Booth, a USF alum and a clinical pharmacy specialist working in emergency medicine at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., recently gave a presentation, held virtually in November, on opioid prescribing to the New Jersey Society of Health-System Pharmacists (NJSHP). The goal […]

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 […]

Overdoses are now the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in Fla. According to the Florida Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review, more deaths occur related to drugs than due to complications related to pregnancy, accounting for one in four of these deaths. To combat this crisis, the USF College of Public Health’s Chiles […]

Fatal misuse of specific drugs is a bigger problem than federal statistics make them appear, especially in Florida. According to data collected by a researcher at the University of South Florida (USF), between 2008 and 2017, roughly one-in-three overdose deaths in Florida caused by opioids were not reported by the […]

The National Institutes of Health estimates that more than 2 million Americans are addicted to prescription opioids (e.g., fentanyl, oxycodone) and heroin. Some experts and federal policy makers think medication assisted treatment (MAT) is the most effective way to treat opioid addiction and use. Others, such as Dr. Katherine Drabiak, […]

Dr. Dinorah Martinez Tyson, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) and Department of Anthropology alumna who is an assistant professor in the COPH, has been given a $5,000 Women in Leadership and Philanthropy (WLP) award from the USF Foundation, a group that connects the university with donors. Martinez Tyson […]

Celina Flocks Monaghan, a USF College of Public Health MPH student with a concentration in global health practice, recently competed at the CLARION National Case Competition, held in April at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. CLARION is a University of Minnesota student organization dedicated to improving health care through […]