Alumna Melissa Mercado was born, raised and initially trained (BS, MSc, MA) in Puerto Rico. She moved away to pursue her PhD at the USF College of Public Health. She currently lives in Atlanta. Mercado started her undergraduate training as a pre-med student at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), […]

For Dr. Martha Coulter, professor in the Department of Community and Family Health at the USF College of Public Health, maternal and child health has been at the forefront of her public health passion for decades. Upon earning her master’s degree in public health from the University of California at […]

Preliminary analysis of a Hillsborough County youth survey identifies a range of risk factors for violence, but also indicates that schools may be well positioned to help implement programs and strategies to prevent child abuse, substance abuse, crime and other types of violence. Martha Coulter, DrPH, professor and director of […]