SHPEP 2019 Students! The Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) is a FREE summer enrichment program focused on improving access to information and resources for college students interested in…
On Friday June 21st, Dr. Michael Perri, Dean of the College of Public Health and Health Professions, announced that Dr. Tara Sabo-Attwood, Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Global Health, was awarded a University Term Professorship Award. Each academic year, 250 Term Professorships are distributed among…
Andres Manrique to intern with CDC for Emerging Infectious Disease RISE Fellowship MHS in One Health student, Mr. Andres Manrique was awarded the James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases RISE Fellowship. This fellowship offers students the opportunity to gain valuable public health skills in applied research through collaborations…
A study team consisting of Drs. Duncan and Huo, along with Ph.D. students Hend Mansoor and Young-Rock Hong, published an article on patient-centeredness and access to care in Public Health.
This spring, three of our MHS in One Health students completed their Capstone Research Experience and presented about their experiences and findings to faculty, staff, and students in the department. This project is the final piece of the MHS curriculum and is typically completed during the last semester…
The Maurelli lab attended the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (CBRS) meeting in the beautiful city of Seattle, Washington, March 18-21. This biennial conference began in 2003 and is the premier venue for Chlamydia scientists from across the globe to exchange their latest results. Presentations in the form of short talks and posters…
The UF Master of Public Health program is a CEPH-accredited 48-credit traditional or 42-credit accelerated program with six concentration options to specialize in. Each contains core courses that all M.P.H. students take, concentration-specific courses, and elective courses you can pick based on your interests. Our students gain real-world experience…
The College of Public Health and Health Professions is pleased to announce the PHHP Outstanding Alumni for 2018. They will be honored at a ceremony during the college’s alumni reunion on September 8.
Gaby Blohm, a Post-Doctoral Associate, working in the Lednicky Lab at the University of Florida In 2016, during a zika virus disease outbreak in Venezuela, a young girl arrived at a hospital showing signs of a fever, rash, and joint pains. The patient’s plasma was sent to Colombia where…
As Johanzynn Gatewood, an ORISE Health Communication Fellow in the Travelers’ Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approached the gate of her new workplace last October, she paused for a second to take it all in.
