Students can click here  http://health.usf.edu/ahec/USFHealthServicesCorps/hscevents.htm to see  Spring 2012 Service Corps Opportunities (http://health.usf.edu/NR/rdonlyres/434E2C03-B2DF-4FF6-A45E-61D282DBF03D/0/Spring2012ServiceCorpsOpportunities.pdf )   for the most up to date, comprehensive listing of events and projects, which are arranged by categories and  the Service Corps Calendar ( http://my.calendars.net/servicecorps)  to view upcoming events in chronological order.  Upcoming event for which we need volunteers, please. Saturday, March 3rd , 11 am to 3 pm. USF College of Education “Learning is Wonder-bull” Children’s Festival. The festival will be held around the College of Education Building. This is a great chance to motivate kids to become a health professional just like [...]

This year, 70 students affiliated with the COPH participated in the 22nd annual USF Health Research Day.   This number includes 55 students in the Departments of Global Health; Community and Family Health; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; and Environmental and Occupational Health…. plus 15 students in the Sunshine ERC! Two of our COPH graduate students were selected to participate in the oral session; their abstract information is below: Chighaf Bakour, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, “Obesity and Childhood Asthma: Does Breastfeeding Make a Difference? Analysis of Data from the 2007-2008 NHANES” Ryan Michael, [...]

Aimee Eden, a doctoral candidate at the University of South Florida and adjunct professor of anthropology at Eckerd College, is the recipient of this year’s Realityworks and Go Beyond MCH Graduate Student Scholarship. She is currently an MCH Leadership Trainee. Her maternal and child health focus in both anthropology and public health have led to interdisciplinary research on breastfeeding, reproductive health, and family violence, as well as state- and local-level advocacy for universal children’s health insurance coverage. Aimee currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the International Board of [...]

Certification Deadline is Friday, March 23, 2012 The FALL 2011 PERT effort reports are currently under review and will be released as soon as they have been verified by Research Administration and Compliance.  At this time you will need to make sure that you can access GEMS – Self Service without any problems.  The instructions for accessing GEMS – Self Service is noted below: Access to PERT reports You may access the PERT system and your effort report via several avenues: Through GEMS Self Service: https://gems.fastmail.usf.edu/gemspro/signon.html, using your userid  (11 [...]

Dr. Rita DeBate was recently elected as President of the American Academy of Health Behavior.  Congratulations Dr. DeBate!

Pictured are (l to r):  Marisa Langford, Erica Anstey, Dr. Kirby, Dr. Maureen Groer, Dr. Lewis Rubin, and Dr. Courtney Judd The Annual Chiles Symposium and Lecture was held on Tuesday, February 14th at the USF College of Public Health.  The program on 2/14/12 focused on Nutrition and Child Health Outcomes: Clinical, Geographic, and Public Health Perspectives.  The international lecture was provided by Dr. Alejandro Cravioto, Director, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh, who spoke on “Food for Thought: Mainstreaming Nutrition to Improve Child Health”

Sara Sachs, a Global Disaster Management and Humanitarian Relief student in the Department of Global Health, has been accepted by the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation to study Human Rights and Humanitarian Law this spring in Geneva, Switzerland.  Sara says she is thrilled about studying abroad; “I was extremely excited when I found out I was accepted.  This program will help me explore the world of human rights and humanitarian law, and the relationship that it shares with Public Health.  I am looking forward to the experience of going out [...]

Alma Hurd, a fiscal and business specialist in the Dean’s Office, was recently awarded with a Quiet Quality Award.  The Quiet Quality Awards were implemented in the fall of 1996 by the Staff Senate with strong support from USF administration in a collaborative effort to increase employee recognition.  Alma was nominated by her supervisor in recognition of her hard work.

Kimberly Rogers, MPH (GH,’08) is training for a marathon. Not just any marathon. Kim is running 26.2 miles for the first time in her life and is training for it in the frigid cold of Alaska! The native of Blountstown, Florida left the warmth and comfort of a CDC placement with the Public Health Associate Program at the Hillsborough County Health Department for a post in Anchorage as an Quarantine Public Health Officer at the CDC Quarantine Station in July 2011. Kim shares, “Whether responding to illness reports and outbreaks on cruise ships [...]

Moffitt Cancer Center, the University of South Florida, and the Ponce School of Medicine invite Junior Investigators to apply for an American Cancer Society—Institutional Research Grant PURPOSE: To support junior faculty in initiating cancer-related research projects that assist them in competing successfully for national research grants. AWARD AMOUNTS: Up to $30,000 for 12 months. Current awardees may apply for a second year of funding as a competing renewal. ELIGIBILITY: Full-time Assistant Members/Professors with no active peer-reviewed funding within 6 years of initial faculty appointment. Investigators will be limited to three [...]