Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, is a statistician for the people. Her work, she says, is not glamorous, but it’s as invaluable as it is invisible. “I truly value every data point in my hand, because each one represents a patient’s story, struggle and journey,” Lee said. “It’s the key to…
A tele-education program for health care providers who treat people with diabetes resulted in significant improvements in patient outcomes, including better blood sugar levels and increased use of medical devices to manage the disease, a University of Florida study finds.
A collaboration between the College of Public Health and Health Professions and Brooks Rehabilitation is accelerating the translation of new science to improved patient care.
International Overdose Awareness Day occurs every Aug. 31 and is the largest global campaign to bring awareness to rising overdose rates. Combating this issue requires complex considerations, including removing stigma around substance use disorder, providing harm reduction, and educating the public on this growing issue. Overdose-related fatalities in the U.S.
Youngseo Cheon Youngseo Cheon Mentor: Dr. Krishna Vaddiparti What do you look forward to most as a future epidemiologist and your career in epidemiology? As a future epidemiologist, I aspire to conduct independent, innovative research, while also interacting with key stakeholders, like local community members and students. My future research…
COVID-19 cases are on the rise this summer in Central Florida. The Florida Department of Health reported the highest weekly case totals so far this year in Orange County, with 1,400 cases in the first week of July and 1,200 cases in the second week. The cases fall…
The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the college’s Ph.D. Fellowships in Artificial Intelligence. Now in its second year, the program fosters doctoral students’ training and research in AI and encourages out-of-the-box ideas. In the short term, the…
With summer in full swing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updating recommendations and encouraging Americans to protect themselves against seasonal and other outbreaks of infectious diseases. Recently, several U.S. states, including Ohio and California, have reported increased outbreaks of mpox, a highly transmissible virus. Reported cases are…
Tuo Lin, Ph.D., clinical trials unit leader of the UF Health Cancer Center’s Biostatistics and Computational Biology Shared Resource, has earned the 2024 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal from UC San Diego for his Ph.D. dissertation. Lin, a research assistant professor who joined the …
The NIDA T32 wishes to congratulate three former predoctoral fellows on receiving their doctoral degrees in Epidemiology officially conferred on Thursday, May 2nd at the University of Florida Graduation Ceremony. Carolin Hoeflich, PhD whose dissertation title is “Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Elucidate Changes in Prescribing Practices of Opioid Agonist…
