USF Health’s international and interprofessional collaborations continue through a recent trip to Gifu University in Japan and Seoul National University in Korea. USF has active collaborations with students visiting both universities, and USF faculty and a graduate student recently visited the universities as part of long-standing collaborative affiliations. The affiliation with […]

From Australia to Asia and places in between, both graduate and undergraduate students had the opportunity this summer to experience public health around the globe with the USF College of Public Health (COPH). Students traveled to London, Sydney, Panama and Japan—including Tokyo, Hiroshima and Gifu. Some of the programs were […]

Nicholas Cropper, a USF College of Public Health MPH student, recently returned from the Netherlands after completing a six-month internship with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), housed in the Hague. OPCW is the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an agreement signed by 193 […]

From Asia to Australia to Africa and places in between, USF College of Public Health students practiced their passion last summer across all areas of the globe. Some traveled as part of research grants. Others took part in international field experiences. International Field Experience (IFE) is a practicum open to […]

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Guatemala has the third-highest rate of femicide (the homicide of women based on gender) in the world. And according to UN Women, 21.2 percent of Guatemalan women have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. […]

USF College of Public Health MPH student Nick Cropper was part of a three-person international team (all students or recent graduates) to win the Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition.  The competition was sponsored by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in partnership with several other global health security organizations. NTI is […]

With more than 12 years of experience in humanitarian disaster relief and major humanitarian health crises across more than 25 countries, USF College of Public Health MPH student Michael McCusker found it a natural calling to deploy to the frontlines to assist displaced populations evacuating from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. […]

Do financial incentives promote HIV testing in pregnant women? Which is better at improving HIV testing rates among pregnant women in a high-HIV burden setting in Ecuador: giving the women printed information about HIV and testing, giving them information and nudging them to get tested or providing them with a […]