Department Of Epidemiology

The findings may help with the development of targeted interventions to support people when they may be at greater risk for suicide.

Dr. Sonja Rasmussen and fellow committee members have recommended a four-phase approach to fairly allocate COVID-19 vaccines when they become available.

The college has selected 13 honorees for its Outstanding Alumni awards.

A new grant awarded to University of Florida, University of Michigan and University of California, Davis investigators allows for improved training of community health workers to engage minority populations in research where they are often underrepresented and health disparities exist. Community health workers are an important resource for providing basic…

Read this story from the Emerging Pathogens Institute on results from Dr. Tony Maurelli’s lab that solves a quirky mystery about how Chlamydia gets nutrients AND evades its host’s immune system with genes that perform double duty. Click the link here!…

UF will lead nationwide efforts to identify emerging drug abuse trends.

PHHP researchers receive new grant to improve personal protective equipment.

UF has received grant renewal for the ABCD Study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever conducted in the United States.

Dr. Afsar Ali, Research Associate Professor for EGH and the Emerging Pathogens Institute, and Dr. Eric Nelson, Assistant Professor, were published in PNAS for their research in “Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae evolution and establishment of reservoirs in aquatic ecosystems.” In the article from EPI below, read more about his research and…

UF faculty members and students answered the state's call for epidemiologists.