Service

This Veterans Day, PHHP thanks our brave servicemen and women for their service to our country. See how two PHHP community members are making a difference.

Congratulations to first year OTD students, Angela Cao, who was awarded the Alice C. Jantzen Fellowship, and Anushka Pandya, who was awarded the Clare Shoemyen Graduate Fund award.

Dr. Young-Rock Hong was awarded the MPH Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for 2021-2022. Dr. Hong is an Assistant Professor in the Health Services Research, Management and Policy program. Dr. Hong is a health services researcher and medical sociologist, studying the social context of medical practice and interactions…

MPH students Sarah Chance, Niccole Smith, and Johanna Lucas volunteered with the Dixie County Department of Health for their HealthFest. The HealthFest was organized by the Florida Department of Health particularly for underserved populations to gain access to health screenings from local partners, like UF HealthStreet. This was…

Sarah Erickson is in her final semester of the Master of Public Health program concentrating on Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is completing her internship with the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) New Roots Program in Phoenix, AZ. New Roots is the food security and agriculture arm of the…

Child area faculty and students from CHP coordinated with Keep Alachua County Beautiful to clean up litter at the Palm Point Nature Park at Newnans Lake as part of an area-wide service day. This event was part of a larger initiative by the department to be actively engaged in Gainesville and the surrounding community through acts of service. The area plans to continue regularly engaging in group community service activities on at least a semesterly basis. We are looking forward to more events in the near future.

In the past year, student Dena Sadi Abusrur has volunteered in two countries overseas, in three different areas while taking classes. Her most recent service trip was to Zambia and Greece, spending a month in Zambia and six weeks in Samos, Greece. In Greece, she provided primary care and emergency…

Online MPH Social and Behavioral Sciences student Abigail Goerk is partnering with the CARE for AIDS organization.

Beta Upsilon is the University of Florida Chapter of Delta Omega, the Honorary Society in Public Health. The chapter is housed within the College of Public Health and Health Professions and was established in November of 2009. On April 27, 2016, fifteen new members of the Beta Upsilon Chapter were honored during a…