Public Health

Public Health students and alumni participated in Project Makeover at Myra Terwilliger Elementary School on February 24.

Brandy Stone (SBS MPH student) and Lindsey King (SBS PhD candidate) attended the first Peace4 Communities Gathering hosted by Peace4Tarpon on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at St. Petersburg College in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Brandy and Lindsey had the opportunity to connect with visionary “Peace4” leaders, such as the…

Environmental and Global Health student, Marissa Valentine King, was recognized by the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice for the Students Who Rocked Public Health 2017. This is the second year that students contributions to the Public Health field were recognized by the publication. Valentine King, a PhD candidate,…

Joseph Gallant, a 2016 graduate of the MPH in Epidemiology program, recently had the opportunity to appear on the game show Wheel of Fortune. Joseph says that he has watched Wheel of Fortune since elementary school and always dreamed of being a contestant. “Wheel of Fortune has a big,…

Carlyn Ellison, a master’s in public health student, had just signed up as an American Red Cross volunteer in anticipation of conducting her internship with the group in the spring, when news hit that Hurricane Irma was making a beeline for Florida. After some hurried emergency training, Ellison got…

Summer Slaughter, a Spring 2017 SBS MPH graduate, has begun a two-year public health fellowship through the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support. This competitive experience is designed to build a recent graduate’s skill set within public health. Slaughter will be a part of the Forsyth County Department…

Johanzynn Gatewood, a recent Social and Behavioral Sciences MPH graduate, will be an ORISE Health Communication Fellow in the Travelers’ Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention starting in September 2017. The CDC Travelers’ Health Branch in Atlanta works to keep US travelers safe and…

Summer 2017 MPH graduate, Kelli Selwyn, recently had the opportunity to present at the International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations at the University of Toronto. She received the International Emerging Scholar Award for her research, as well as funding from the University of Florida’s Graduate Student…

Dr. Joseph Bisesi , Dr. Anthony Maurelli, and Dr. Elizabeth Wood have been selected as the only three 2017 inductees into the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Delta Omega, the Honorary Society of Public Health.  They will be honored at an induction ceremony in April of this year. The national Delta…

Dr. Joseph Bisesi has been selected as one of only three 2017 inductees into the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Delta Omega, the Honorary Society of Public Health.  Dr. Bisesi will be honored at an induction ceremony in April of this year. The national Delta Omega society was founded in 1924 in order…