PHHP names 2019 Outstanding Alumni
They will be honored at a ceremony during the college’s alumni reunion on October 5.
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Department Of Epidemiology
Suicide rates among adolescent females higher than previously reported
Based on the UF findings, the male-to-female gender gap in suicide among adolescents has been reduced from 3-to-1 to 2-to-1.
Faculty selected for UF Term Professorships
Eight college faculty members earned the University Term Professor distinction.
PHHP faculty members awarded tenure and promotion
Seven faculty members were awarded tenure or promotion from the University of Florida for the 2018-19 cycle.
Board of Governors selects UF to lead medical marijuana research consortium
The consortium will be composed of public and private universities engaged in research on clinical outcomes of medical marijuana.
Former UF Fogarty Fellows receive grant to study suicide in Sikkim, India
Dr. Sonam Lasopa and Dr. Senthil Reddi will lead a new a statewide program to understand the causes of suicide and suicide attempts among people in Sikkim.
UF joins National Academy of Medicine collaboration to counter opioid crisis
UF is among 100 institutions who have joined the Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic.
Substance abuse lab sets undergraduate students on path toward research careers
STOMP Research Lab recruits and trains students from historically underrepresented and/or disadvantaged backgrounds to go on to research careers in public health and medicine.
Thomas Pearson recognized for exceptional mentoring
Dr. Pearson has received the 2019 Epidemiology and Prevention Mentoring Award from the American Heart Association’s Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.
Researchers examine influence of peers and parents on adolescent prescription opioid use
The researchers found that females whose parents disapproved of nonmedical use of prescription opioids were less likely to report this behavior, but this was not true for males.
