In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Community Emergency Response Team (USF CERT) played a crucial role in supporting response efforts in collaboration with the Florida Department of Health and the Hillsborough County Office of Emergency Management. The volunteer organization is dedicated to promoting, […]
When the USF Student Health Services (SHS) put out a call late in the summer looking for both clinical and non-clinical volunteers to support its office in providing COVID-related vaccination and testing services to students, several USF College of Public Health students didn’t hesitate to lend a hand. Many volunteered […]
USF College of Public Health students have not let the “new normal” stop them from volunteering and providing services to the community. ETA Sigma Gamma (ESG), the National Health Education Honorary open to graduate students within the COPH focusing on health education and undergrads with a minor in public health, […]
USF College of Public Health students in the International Health Service Collaborative (IHSC), an interdisciplinary mix of USF Health students, faculty and professionals who work to promote health in underserved communities abroad, spent their annual week-long service trip in Jamaica this March. This was the first time the group […]
Twelve years ago USF College of Public Health graduate student Champaigne Spivey and her family left her hometown of San Diego, California and took to the road for change. Change was to come, but not in the form they expected. While driving across country to Tampa for her mother’s new […]
August 5-11 is International Assistance Dog Week Watch out, Rocky. There’s a new Bull on campus and she’s melting hearts and gaining fans wherever she goes. Meet Anja, a 7-month-old black lab and guide-dog-in-training who calls the USF College of Public Health (COPH) Office of Research her weekday home. Brian […]
The College of Public Health is part of a national effort to create the healthiest nation in one generation. USF Bulls and members of the local community are invited to join the movement and get involved today! In 1995, the American Public Health Association declared the first week of April […]
USF College of Public Health graduate student Ruth Sanon is serving as a Peace Corps (PC) volunteer in Cameroon where she recently took part in a week long ‘HIV Boot Camp.’ The boot camp, according to Sanon, allowed PC volunteers to present and exchange best practices, learn about the evolving […]