Zika present in Americas longer than previously thought
Dr. John Lednicky and colleagues found that the Zika virus was present in Haiti prior to March 2015, when the virus was first identified in Brazil. Image: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith
Dr. John Lednicky and colleagues found that the Zika virus was present in Haiti prior to March 2015, when the virus was first identified in Brazil. Image: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith
A study by Dr. Yang Yang and colleagues found that the United Nations’ actions in Sierra Leone led to a dramatic drop in the transmission of the disease. UN Photo/Martine Perret
Dr. Ira Longini and colleagues discuss the trial that combined an experimental vaccine with an innovative method of vaccinating people, resulting in an estimated 100 percent efficacy of the vaccine against the Ebola virus. Photo: WHO/S. Hawkey
The authors propose a framework for building research capacity at the individual, institutional, network and national levels.
Dr. Xinguang "Jim" Chen has been named the executive editor-in-chief of the journal Global Health Research and Policy.
The college recognized John Anderson and Stephanie McBride at the annual faculty and staff appreciation dinner.
Jay Nair and Jingnan Zhang received the center's Outstanding International Student Awards.
The College of Public Health and Health Professions has appointed environmental toxicology researcher Tara Sabo-Attwood, Ph.D., as chair of the department of environmental and global health.
A group of UF graduate students recently conducted field work in Kenya, working alongside students of Great Lakes University of Kisumu, as part of UF’s One Health certificate program.
BHS student Carolina De La Rosa Mateo spent two weeks in Ibagué, Colombia, giving public health workshops and conducting medical history and fitness evaluations of the community's children.