The USF College of Public Health (COPH) Activist Lab recently received an American Public Health Association (APHA) Student Champions Climate Justice Award. The APHA’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity presents the Student Champions for Climate Justice Awards each year to student groups across the country. Students receiving the award […]
Food insecurity affects up to 50% of college students, with African American and Hispanic/Latino students experiencing it 1.5 times more often than their non-Hispanic White and Asian counterparts. That puts them at greater risk for not just health problems, but also depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, stress and poorer academic performance. […]
Nine USF College of Public Health (COPH) students—from undergraduate to master’s to doctoral students—currently serve on the USF Health Executive Student Leadership Board (ESLB). The ELSB is comprised of students across USF Health. They act as student advisors to USF Health leadership, represent USF Health on committees, in focus groups […]
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by snail-transmitted flatworms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the disease—which can cause scarring and inflammation of the liver, intestines and bladder, leading to anemia, malnutrition and learning difficulties, particularly in children—affects some 200 million people worldwide. The disease is most […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) announced it has received a $100,000 gift from Florida Healthy Kids to establish an endowed fund in honor of the late Samuel P. “Sam” Bell, the college’s founder. The gift will fund scholarships for doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows at the college studying […]
LGBTQ+ youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their same-age heterosexual or cisgender peers, and experts say it’s not their sexual orientation or gender identity that ups their suicide risk but the isolation and stigma they feel because of discrimination against it. Kelli Agrawal, a USF College […]
Two USF College of Public Health (COPH) staff members took on new leadership positions with the Florida Public Health Association (FPHA), the professional organization for public health workers in Florida. The leaderships changes took effect during the FPHA’s annual meeting, held in Orlando in July. Allison Rapp, MPH, moved to […]
Rain Freeman, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) PhD student concentrating in epidemiology, recently presented research about the effects of red tide on preterm birth at the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) conference held in Chicago in August. She conducted the research, “Florida Red Tides and Preterm Birth,” […]