From founding social marketing as a focus area at USF to spearheading a seminal program promoting breastfeeding among the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clients, Dr. Carol Bryant has dedicated more than 30 years to a career focused on improving lives. Bryant, Distinguished University Health Professor in the USF College […]
Students aren’t the only new faces around the USF College of Public Health this fall semester. In Dean Donna Petersen’s annual State of the College Address on Friday, Sept. 22, she welcomed dozens of new faculty and staff. Here are some of the new Bulls on campus and a few of their stories. Dean’s office […]
It’s the year of the woman … At least it is for this year’s USF College of Public of Health award winners at the 2017 Florida Public Health Association annual conference. The event was held in July 26-27 in Orlando. The honorees include two students and one faculty member from the college. Lea Heberlein-Larson, MPH, […]
USF College of Public Health undergraduate student Neha Sathe was selected as a finalist at the annual Florida Healthcare Innovation Pitch Competition. Co-sponsored by the USF Center for Entrepreneurship at the USF Muma College of Business, Florida Blue and the USF chapter of the National Academy of Inventors, the state-wide competition is open to undergraduate, […]
“From understanding the behind the scenes legislative process, to witnessing the public health efforts on the Hill, this experience changed the trajectory of my life by motivating me and providing me with insight I would have never grasped elsewhere,” USF College of Public Health undergraduate Juan Sanchez said. Sanchez completed a congressional internship over the […]
Pam McLean, staff assistant, in the USF College of Public Health Dean’s Office, is one of seven USF Health employees recognized for her exceptional efforts in problem-solving, having a positive attitude, providing leadership and staying resourceful. These are the attributes of USF Health staff members who earned Quiet Quality Awards and were recognized at an […]
“My practice is industrial hygiene; my passion is teaching people about disease prevention, science and health,” USF College of Public Health student Katelynn Glisson said. Glisson was recently awarded two scholarships from the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF). She was selected as the 2017-2018 recipient of the Florida Local Selection Scholarship for $1,250 and the […]
Originally from Nigeria where he worked as a pharmacist for three years, USF College of Public Health doctoral student Nnadozie Emechebe came to the COPH four years ago to earn his MPH. Upon graduating with his MPH in 2015, Emechebe worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb as a senior analyst. Now a first-year doctoral student in the […]