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  • USF students collaborating with Hillsborough County to help prepare refugee women for hurricane season

    The University of South Florida College of Public Health is helping the Hillsborough County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) prepare refugee and migrant women for natural disasters in the Tampa Bay area.  Public Health students facilitated a visit to the Emergency Operations Center – allowing the women to share their […]

  • COPH student works to end “pinkwashing”

    June is LGBT Pride Month Businesses often claim to be invested in inclusivity and diversity when June and LGBT Pride Month roll around. It’s good for the corporate image, which in turn can be good for business. But what happens the rest of the year? How committed are businesses to […]

  • COPH introduces the Lifelong Learning Academy

    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 […]

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Grads Made Good

  • COVID-19 mortality rate five times higher among labor, retail and service workers, study reveals

    A University of South Florida (USF) epidemiology associate professor discovered associations between COVID-19 mortality rates and socioeconomic position, gender, ethnicity and race that reveal an urgent need to implement population-based infection control efforts, especially for those in low socioeconomic positions (SEP). In collaboration with a team of epidemiologists from the COVKID […]

  • COPH graduate certificate opens doors to career in infection control

    Barmak Kusha said he experienced a change of heart while in medical school. While he liked the “fighting disease part” of the field, he wasn’t sure that treating ill people was what he really wanted to do for a career. After leaving medical school, he immediately began taking courses in […]

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Translational Research

  • Pregnant, in treatment and still abusing drugs: COPH professor examines legal, medical, social implications
  • USF students collaborating with Hillsborough County to help prepare refugee women for hurricane season
  • COVID-19 mortality rate five times higher among labor, retail and service workers, study reveals
  • Dr. William Sappenfield named 2022 Distinguished University Professor
  • COPH graduate certificate opens doors to career in infection control
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Newsmakers

  • Dr. William Sappenfield named 2022 Distinguished University Professor
  • COPH awarded over $1 million to help grow public health laboratory workforce
  • COPH student works to build more accessible, safer communities
  • COPH represents during annual awards ceremony
  • COPH grad lands coveted fellowship marrying her love of the environment with epidemiology
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