In an effort to strengthen the U.S. public health system, three national philanthropic nonprofits have awarded the University of South Florida more than $8.5 million in grants to train the nation’s public health leaders in collaboration and leadership skills. The grant is in response to a badly depleted, post-pandemic public […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) is partnering with the Florida Department of Health, Hillsborough County, on programs designed to help build, reinforce and retain the public health workforce in the county. Funding for the county’s programs, totaling more than $15 million over five years, is coming from the […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded the USF College of Public Health (COPH) funding to develop an infection control resource center for emergency responders. The center will be based at the COPH, said its program director Dr. Christine McGuire-Wolfe. Other faculty will include the COPH’s Drs. […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) has been given a sub-award of $1.055 million from the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) to help grow the public health laboratory workforce. The award is part of a larger grant ($282 million dispensed over five years) given to the APHL from […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) is introducing a new way of learning and teaching beyond the degree programs. The COPH Lifelong Learning Academy (LLA) was developed in response to proposed legislation to address public health workforce gaps, including positions required to prevent, prepare for and respond to public […]
Leveraging the power of virtual training Dr. Mahmooda Khaliq Pasha, assistant professor of social marketing and associate director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Social Marketing and Social Change at the USF College of Public Health, is training public health practitioners on how to apply social marketing to their global ongoing work […]
The undergraduate public health program at the University of South Florida ranks No. 1 in College Factual’s “Top 10 Veteran-Friendly Public Health Schools” list, which was featured in a Military Times article in June. However, insiders know that this isn’t the only reason why the USF College of Public Health […]