Dawn Hunter’s first exposure to public health came when she worked as a research assistant in the Advanced Biosensors Laboratory at USF’s Center for Biological Defense. “We developed and tested rapid-detection methods for food and waterborne pathogens,” said Hunter, who holds two bachelor’s degrees—one in English literature from Princeton and […]

USF College of Public Health alumna Darcy Ravndal was a science teacher at Middleton (now Ferrell) Middle School in Tampa, Fla. when she was introduced to the field of public health. “One of my first students was the son of Dr. Jeannine Coreil, who was a professor at the COPH. […]