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The UF Public Health Student Association has planned a fun-filled week to educate students and the public about the contributions of public health to our communities.

PHHP awardees include Jason Gravano, Tanisha Hill-Jarrett and Dr. Catherine Striley.

Dr. Kathleen Gensheimer will present “FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network: A Multidisciplinary/One Health Approach to Foodborne Outbreak Investigations” on Friday, April 5 from 12-1 p.m. in the Communicore Building, room C1-15.

Martin Wegman, an M.D. student and doctoral candidate in the department of epidemiology, is one of 20 students to receive the national 2013 Medical Student Leadership Award.

A human nutrition course taught by PHHP's Dr. Kristina von Castel-Roberts has enrolled more than 45,000 students.

University of Florida will begin a study examining the effectiveness of a new healthy lifestyle program for children and parents who live in Flagler, Putnam and Suwannee counties.

Four PHHP employees have received UF Superior Accomplishment awards for 2013: Kimberly Foli, Vera Hemphill, Aaron McEnery and Cheryl Weston.

The department of speech, language, and hearing sciences was saddened to lose one of its favorite patients in December, Doris Mary Gomez, who passed away at age 105.

The Food Safety Center of Excellence will be one of five national centers working to help public health agencies sharpen their response in the event of a foodborne illness outbreak.

The College of Public Health and Health Professions will host “Morrill Act Celebration: Rural Health” on Friday, Feb. 15 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the HPNP Complex, room G101.