Department Of Epidemiology

Dr. Linda B. Cottler and Dr. Sara Jo Nixon will lead UF's participation in a landmark study of the effect of substance use on the developing brain.

Dr. Linda Cottler is the recipient of the Special Award for Outstanding Contributions Through Systemic Epidemiologic Approaches to Improving Health from the American College of Epidemiology.

Melissa Hall and Dyanne Herrera were recognized at UF’s Outstanding Young Alumni Awards ceremony.

Dr. Thomas Pearson and colleagues reported the health outcomes associated with a communitywide cardiovascular risk reduction program in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Margo Klar, a doctoral student in the department of epidemiology, will conduct feasibility testing of a ceramic umbilical cord cutting device she created for use in low-resource countries.

Dr. Ron Shorr of the department of epidemiology conducts aging research and still finds time to play jazz guitar for his band Bella Luna.

Researchers led by Dr. Xiaohui Xu found that heavy exposure to four air pollutants led to a significantly increased risk for developing a high blood pressure disorder during pregnancy.

Dr. Linda Cottler led the first systematic study to assess sex trading between police officers and female offenders from the women’s perspective.

Undergraduate student Soya Davis traveled to Thailand, where she surveyed college students about their thoughts on human trafficking, a modern-day form of slavery.

Three students conducted research at UF as part of the Summer Research with NIDA for Underrepresented Students program.