Felix Lorenzo came to Florida with his family through the Cuba Lottery program when he was 8. Now graduating with a master’s degree in public health, he hopes to reduce health disparities in U.S. Spanish-speaking populations.
PHHP researchers are working to give patients with muscular dystrophy longer, fuller lives.
On April 16, the College of Public Health and Health Professions hosted the largest Research Day in the event’s 26-year history with 126 student poster presentations.
Moise Ngwa, a Ph.D. student in the department of environmental and global health, was diagnosed with cholera as a child. Now he is studying ways to control this serious infectious disease.
A new study led by Dr. Linda Cottler found that African-Americans were more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to express an interest in participating in health research.
UF researchers, led by Dr. Sherrilene Classen, have developed a free, online tool to help caregivers and family members identify older drivers who may be at risk for driving problems.
Concussions ended Aliyah Snyder’s dream of competing in the Olympics. Now this Ph.D. student is working to develop sports concussion assessment tools and raise community awareness.
Dr. Colleen Le Prell has developed a new way to test hearing loss prevention drugs that could help land those medicines on pharmacy shelves sooner.
Dr. Richard Rheingans identifies ways to get vaccines to people most in need.
The University of Florida has named leading statistics researcher Peihua Qiu, Ph.D., the founding chair of its department of biostatistics.
