Dr. Tom Unnasch, a Distinguished USF Health Professor at the College of Public Health (COPH), and Dr. Tom Mason, a COPH professor, have retired, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Dr. Tom Unnasch Unnasch, an MIT- and Harvard-trained scientist who is well known for his work in tropical public health, came to […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) is saying thank you and goodbye to three longtime staff members as they retire. Combined, the three gave over 50 years of dedicated service to the college. Alma Hurd Hurd, who retired in May, was a fiscal and business specialist with the college […]
December is a month of endings and beginnings on college campuses. Last December, in addition to graduating 263 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, the USF College of Public Health said goodbye to three longtime faculty, Drs. Barbara Orban, Kate Wolfe-Quintero and Aurora Sanchez-Anguiano, along with staff member, Mary Johnson. “We have been fortunate […]
Every year, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) bids farewell to graduating students at commencement ceremonies held in the spring, summer and fall. It’s a time to celebrate all that the students have learned and accomplished during their time at the college. What sometimes goes unnoticed is the fact […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics bids two faculty members adieu as they take their vast experience and research in Alzheimer’s disease to the nation’s west coast. Drs. Amy Borenstein and James Mortimer have called Tampa and the COPH home since 1996. Soon they will […]
The first paper to be published based on the comprehensive assessment of health and quality of life of residents of The Villages was published this week in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Entitled “The Association of Physical and Mental Health with Sexual Activity in Older Adults in a Retirement Community”, the paper is a collaborative work from researchers in the USF College of Public Health. Lynea E. Bach is lead author and was a graduate student in the college at the time of submission. Her mentor James A. Mortimer, PhD, […]