The Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC), housed in the USF College of Public Health’s Chiles Center, has been on a mission of making sure Florida’s infants and mothers receive the highest quality health care and outcomes for the last decade. Some improvements hospitals have made because of the FPQC’s efforts […]
This past year, the USF College of Public Health celebrated 35 years of educating public health professionals with events and festivities honoring this historic milestone. A jewel in the crown of the University of South Florida, the COPH was founded in statute by the Florida Legislature in 1984 as the first […]
Azzam Albashir, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) health sciences major, was enjoying his spring break in Canada when COVID-19 brought the world to its knees. Albashir and his traveling companion decided to cut their visit short, before borders were closed, and head home to the United Arab Emirates […]
Many would describe USF College of Public Health’s web support specialist Rockford “Rocky” Jalil as kind, helpful and caring. He was known for always replying to emails with, ‘you’re welcome,’ a love for Halloween and dressing up in unique costumes for the COPH’s Halloween party, and rocking out on his […]
In mid-March, Dr. Donna Petersen, ScD, MHS, CEH, dean of USF’s College of Public Health (COPH), sent an email to the college’s faculty with the subject line of “an unprecedented opportunity.” The email was sent just as the university and the country were bracing for the coming onslaught of COVID-19 […]
USF’s Dr. Donna Petersen, dean of the College of Public Health, looks back—and ahead Six months ago, if you asked someone what public health was, you probably would’ve heard something vague. “It has something to do with health care, right? And keeping people healthy?” Yes. And yes again. But it’s […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the nation resulting in loss of employment for many, USF College of Public Health’s Jodi Ray wants the public to know that doesn’t mean they have to lose health care coverage too. Ray, program director of the COPH’s Florida Covering Kids & Families, says […]
The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Center of Excellence in MCH Education, Science and Practice was recently awarded funding for another five years (2020-2025) from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), housed within the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services. The […]