University of South Florida study shows research investment critical to prevent destabilizing economic impact More Americans are living longer and surviving chronic conditions like heart disease and cancer. Ironically, this triumph is also leading to a drastic rise in neurological disorders, which disproportionately attack the elderly. Clifton Gooch, MD, professor and chair of the Department […]

Originally from a small town in Madhya Pradesh, India, Dr. Shitaldas Pamnani completed his bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (MBBS degree) in Surat, India, in 2008, before moving stateside to earn his MPH in 2011. While pursuing his master’s degree, his advisors motivated him to go for his PhD in epidemiology, which is when […]

The USF College of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics bids two faculty members adieu as they take their vast experience and research in Alzheimer’s disease to the nation’s west coast. Drs. Amy Borenstein and James Mortimer have called Tampa and the COPH home since 1996. Soon they will call San Diego home as […]

Joshua Lorenzo has always felt drawn to infectious disease research, although if you had asked him at age 7, he would have said he was destined for the NBA. “I’ve always had a genuine interest,” said Lorenzo.  “I was fascinated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the early 1980s.  I was too young at the time […]

During the 25th annual meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association in Boston, MA, Amy Borenstein, PhD, MPH, and James Mortimer, PhD, presented two papers.  The conference was held July 13-18. Dr. Borenstein presented a paper entitled “The Association Between Diabetes and Dementia/AD is Modified by Age:  The Kame Project”.  This paper came out of her NIH-funded […]