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Derailing disease

Dr. Ira Longini is working to ensure humanity is ready for the debut of the next new infectious disease.

Someone to talk to

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).

One Health program launches

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.

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

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.

PHHP opens public health laboratory in Haiti

The public health field laboratory will allow UF researchers to work with colleagues at the Haiti Ministry of Public Health and Population to quickly identify and contain infectious disease outbreaks.