If you explore the field of public health, you’ll notice that many of the statistics used to represent the health of nations involve mothers and children. And for good reason. The health of individuals and families is vital to the health of the larger communities in which they live. In […]
So, you think you can dance? Sing? Tell jokes? Whatever your talent is, the USF College of Public Health is looking to showcase your skills at our upcoming talent show in honor of our 35th anniversary! The talent show will be held Friday, Jan. 31, at Skipper’s Smokehouse, 7 – […]
In 2018, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) resurrected its Public Health Executive Leadership Program, which had been dormant for 10 years. The program aims to bring rising leaders in the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) together to “collaborate and improve upon their own as well as their agency’s […]
The University of South Florida College of Public Health recognizes the contributions that women make to the field and honors them annually with the Florida Outstanding Woman in Public Health Award. Nominations are currently being accepted for 2020. Over the past 27 years, the college honored women who served as […]
The USF College of Public Health has a new way of educating the community about hurricane preparedness through the use of virtual reality (VR) technology. Carlos Montoya, instructional/multimedia developer at the COPH, came up with the idea of using a virtual realty simulation to prepare students and the community […]
The adjustment abroad has been easy, according to USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Aurora Sanchez-Anguiano. The associate professor of epidemiology, who has been with the COPH since 1999, is currently residing in Kazakhstan for a year-long appointment as a visiting professor at Nazarbayev University. “Public health is universal and […]
Cross-discipline and inter-agency efforts are likely to have the greatest impact on the current opioid epidemic. That was the take-away message at this year’s USF Health Interprofessional Education Day, focusing on the opioid crisis and held Nov. 13. To a capacity crowd in the USF Marshall Student Center’s Oval Theatre, […]
In observance of Giving Tuesday, the USF College of Public Health presents a 24-hour online giving campaign dedicated to student scholarships. Supporters of the college can make online gifts from 12 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Strategically placed after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and CyberMonday, Giving […]