PHHP Days

PHHP Days is an annual event celebrating the depth and impact of research happening within UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions. Each year, more than 200 students, from undergraduates to postdoctoral scholars, share their work through oral and poster presentations. Faculty and staff deliver insightful talks that spotlight emerging discoveries and innovations in their fields. PHHP Days is our time to come together as a college community, to learn from one another and showcase the remarkable scholarship advancing public health and health science.

PHHP Days 2026

April 15-16, 2026 @ HPNP

Event Schedule and Program

2026 Details Coming Soon!

Watch the 2025 PHHP Pillar Presentations

Congratulations to our PHHP Days 2025 Top Presentation Winners!

Graduate Student Presentations

Biostatistics – PhD
Novel Statistical Methods for Integrating Viral Sequence, Human Mobility, and Disease Surveillance Data to Infer Pathogen Transmission Dynamics
Ian Murphy

Clinical and Health Psychology – PhD
Association of Participant Income and Spending with Weight Loss in a Behavioral Weight Management Program
Armaan Shetty

Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders + Audiology Doctorate
Sex Differences in Young Stroke Survivors with Aphasia
Angela Scotti

Environmental Health – PhD
Development of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for Predicting Florfenicol and Florfenicol Amine Residues in Sheep and Goats
Xue Wu

Epidemiology – MS & PhD
Presentation and outcomes of pediatric traumatic brain injury in Sierra Leone
Megan Still

Health Services Research – PhD
Colorectal Cancer Screening in Adults 45-49: Provider Availability, CT Colonography Access, and Screening Rates
Rachel Liu-Galvin

One Health – MS & PhD
Generational Perspectives on Malaria Prevention and the Role of Health Messaging: Insights from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Samantha Andritsch

Rehabilitation Science – PhD
Impact of Taste and Carbonation on Taste Perception, Swallow Efficiency, and Swallow Safety in Parkinson Disease
Alyssa Terry

Social and Behavioral Sciences – PhD
Effectiveness of Chatbots on Mental Health & Well-being in College Students: A Rapid Systematic Review
Shahzadhi Nyakhar

Master of Public Health Capstone Top Presenters

Development and Evaluation of a Patient Education Handout for CLABSI Prevention in Adult Oncology Patients
Hillary Garcia

Sexual Healthcare and STI Testing Experiences among Doxy-PEP Users
Christopher Georgas

Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Gainesville, FL Through Community Education and Naloxone Distribution
Valentina Gomez

Undergraduate Poster Presentations

Bachelor of Health Science
The Effects of Chronic Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Administration on Intertemporal Choice in Aged Rats
Marina Waisenberg

Bachelor of Health Science – Communication Sciences and Disorders
Presence of Executive Function Behaviors in Children who Struggle Learning to Read
Olivia March

Bachelor of Public Health
Utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Techniques for Knockout of Genes in Escherichia coli Bacteria
Coleen Peggs

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