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Meet the Students of PHHP: Jenna Cavanaugh, B.P.H./M.P.H.

December 8, 2025

College of Public Health and Health Professions students are dedicated to improving health and well-being in communities around the world.

Portrait of Jenna Cavanaugh posing outside with words Meet UF PHHP Students in graphic on right side

Meet the Students of PHHP: Liliana Salazar, Doctor of Occupational Therapy

December 1, 2025

College of Public Health and Health Professions students are dedicated to improving health and well-being in communities around the world.

Studio portrait of Liliana Salazar with graphic at right that reads Meet UF PHHP Students

Meet the Students of PHHP: Heather Mendez, Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences

November 24, 2025

College of Public Health and Health Professions students are dedicated to improving health and well-being in communities around the world.

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Meet the Students of PHHP: Tasleem Al-As’ad, Doctor of Occupational Therapy

November 17, 2025

College of Public Health and Health Professions students are dedicated to improving health and well-being in communities around the world.

Tasleem Al-As'ad holding a sign that says I love OT. A graphic on the right reads Meet UF PHHP Students

O.T.D. student’s capstone project brings nature closer for wheelchair users

November 14, 2025

Tyler Martin's research focused on the benefit of an all-terrain wheelchair on wheelchair users' ability to participate in natural spaces.

Three people in a shaded park gather around a wheelchair outfitted with a powered front‑wheel attachment; one person sits holding the handlebars while the others observe, with another wheelchair partly visible at left under moss-draped trees.

Recent graduate Katharine McNamara honored for One Health dissertation research

November 12, 2025

The award recognizes outstanding scholarship that exemplifies theoretical innovation, methodological rigor and a commitment to bridging research and practice.

Katie McNamara posing in front of mountains in Ecuador

Meet the Students of PHHP: Shahzadhi Nyakhar, Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences

November 10, 2025

College of Public Health and Health Professions students are dedicated to improving health and well-being in communities around the world.

Shahzadhi Nyakhar posing outside with trees and sunshine in background. The words Meet UF PHHP students appear on the right

Healing with creativity, UF student Alexandra Rodriguez champions the power of art in health

November 3, 2025

Rodriguez is helping lead a growing global movement that positions the arts as a vital part of living well.

Alex Rodriguez standing in museum with sculpture and pale purple walls and podiums in background

Xiangren (Florence) Wang receives national award for AI cancer research

October 8, 2025

Wang received the American Public Health Association Cancer Forum 2025 Trainee Award.

Xiangren (Florence) Wang indoors against a background with vertical paneling and lights

Shannon Lee awarded Alzheimer’s disease research fellowship

October 6, 2025

She has been selected as a Graduate Student Scholar by the Health Enhancement Scientific Program.