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Dr. Daniel Martin, professor, department of Physical Therapy, PHHP

Able to breathe again

Published: Jul 10th, 2012

Dr. Daniel Martin helps patients transition from mechanical ventilators to independent breathing.

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PHHP Convocation 2012

Published: May 18th, 2012

The college celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2012 at the PHHP Spring Convocation ceremony May 4.

MPH student Ben Anderson visited the great wall with Liqun Fang, a team leaders in the epidemiology section at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Photos courtesy of Ben Anderson.

Public health student goes behind the scenes at the China CDC

Published: May 4th, 2012

Ben Anderson is the first American student to intern with the Chinese National Influenza Center, part of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Someone to talk to

Published: Apr 20th, 2012

Wenyan Wu (right) a PHHP bachelor’s in health science student, provides Mandarin language interpretation services for patients at Shands at UF as part of a program founded by third-year medical student David Zhou (left).

Dr. Catherine Striley

Developing new pathways to care

Published: Apr 17th, 2012

Dr. Catherine Striley is investigating ways to remove barriers to care and provide people with resources to empower themselves and improve their health and quality of life.

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PHHP Research Day celebrates 25 years

Published: Mar 29th, 2012

The College of Public Health and Health Professions recognized outstanding research by our students and postdoctoral fellows on April 18.

Photo by Gregory Gray

One Health program launches

Published: Mar 12th, 2012

The department of environmental and global health now offers a One Health concentration in its public health doctoral program. It is the first One Health academic program of its kind. One Health seeks to involve human, animal and environmental health experts in public health problem solving.

Margo Klar

The kindest cut

Published: Mar 5th, 2012

Ph.D. student Margo Klar received a $100,000 Gates Foundation grant to develop a new umbilical cord cutting device that may save the lives of thousands of newborns in developing countries.

Dr. Jamie Reilley and Jamie Fisher

UF investigates: The adventure of Sherlock Holmes and the uncited work

Published: Feb 24th, 2012

The “Grandfather Passage,” one of the most commonly used measures of speech intelligibility, has a surprising history, including a possible connection to a Sherlock Holmes novel.

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‘Lost boy’ finds UF and way to help his homeland

Published: Feb 13th, 2012

Since losing his parents at age 6 during the Second Sudanese Civil War, Jacob Atem has had a perilous yet rewarding journey to the University of Florida. He is now a student in the college’s Ph.D. program in health services research.