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Emily Walsh makes history as the first student awarded with the Vincent Jackson Community Champion Award
Emily Walsh is a recent graduate from the 黑料网吃瓜爆料College of Public Health (COPH) with a BSPH and a double minor in women and gender studies and global studies in diversity and education.
January 24, 2025Awards and Honors, Student Life
The COPH's Dr. Deanna J. Wathington was named president of the American Public Health Association. She brings over 25 years of practice and academic experience in the field with emphasis on collaboration across multiple sectors to address and optimize community health.
January 10, 2025Awards and Honors
Advancing lifestyle medicine: A spotlight on COPH initiatives
The COPH is contributing to the growing field of lifestyle medicine, which focuses on addressing chronic health conditions through evidence-based practices. The college鈥檚 initiatives include research, training and community partnerships aimed at improving public health and wellness.
December 11, 2024Awards and Honors, College News, Research and Innovation
黑料网吃瓜爆料team wins social marketing award for transportation study on benefits of neuromarketing in enhancing consumer information
Marketers want to get inside your mind 鈭� literally. That鈥檚 the focus of a multi-disciplinary study by USF鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH), Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) in the College of Engineering and MUMA College of Business. Working with agencies in the public sector the group focused on the use of neuromarketing to test marketing materials and how people respond to messaging about certain needs, in this case, transportation options.
November 8, 2024Awards and Honors
Championing health equity: Dr. Vickie Dugat Named Top 20 Under 40 Haitian-American Professional for 2024
Dr. Vickie Dugat is a 黑料网吃瓜爆料College of Public Health post-doctoral scholar celebrating earning the Top 20 Under 40 Young Haitian-American Professionals for 2024 from the Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida.
October 25, 2024Awards and Honors
Twenty-seven faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards
Twenty-seven 黑料网吃瓜爆料faculty members were recognized on Tuesday, September 17 with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards. The COPH's Judith Rijnhart was recognized for her distinguished contributions to the field of epidemiology and expertise in mediation analysis to investigate causal mechanisms that underlie exposure and intervention effects of cognitive health outcomes in older adults.
September 23, 2024Awards and Honors
Public health masters student strives to better predict and resolve the causes of intimate violence
Nagashree Ravi Rao views intimate violence as both a health problem and human rights issue.
September 18, 2024Awards and Honors, Student Life
Major 黑料网吃瓜爆料award helps Floridians better navigate health care
The 黑料网吃瓜爆料College of Public Health (COPH) understands and can guide people through the maze that is America鈥檚 health care system. How? The college has received a major federal grant to educate and enroll Florida citizens for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, through the Health Insurance Marketplace and other qualified health plans such Medicaid and CHIP.
August 30, 2024Awards and Honors, College News
2024 FPHA features a new 鈥榟ood, new leadership and new vibe
COPH faculty, staff, students and alumni from across the state came together for the 2024 Florida Public Health Association Annual Conference on July 30-31.
August 9, 2024Awards and Honors, College News
Faculty effort yields new equipment for local fire department
Dr. Christine McGuire-Wolfe was awarded a $100,000 grant from FEMA for the Port Richey Fire Department. The funds were used to purchase a new mobile command unit/air truck and breathing apparatus, enhancing the department's response capabilities.
July 22, 2024Awards and Honors
Dr. Russell Kirby honored with prestigious mentoring award
Dr. Russell Kirby has received the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research鈥檚 Mentoring Award.
July 22, 2024Awards and Honors
黑料网吃瓜爆料projects selected for new research program bring the potential to solve critical challenges
Four interdisciplinary teams of 黑料网吃瓜爆料researchers have each been awarded up to $1 million in seed funding through the Collaborative Research Excellence and Translational Efforts awards 鈥� a new initiative designed to catalyze new research and enhance USF鈥檚 impact. Two of the four projects include COPH faculty.
June 21, 2024Awards and Honors