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USF team strives to lower the pressure on hypertensive pregnancy disorders
Can hypertensive disorders affect an unborn baby, or threaten the life of a mother? A team at USF’s College of Public Health (COPH) is shedding new light on the subject through an ongoing effort launched at the Florida Maternal Hypertension Summit in Orlando in 2024. USF’s Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC) partnered with the Florida Hospital Association and two dozen other organizations to address ways to counter the increasing rates of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).
October 8, 2025Research and Innovation
Dean Sten Vermund earns CPH certification, reinforcing the value of professional standards in public health
The University of South Florida is home to the highest-ranked public health degree program in Florida (U.S. News and World Report, 2025). The university is also home to a new Certification in Public Health (CPH) recipient Dr. Sten Vermund.
October 8, 2025College News, Sten Vermund
Is Your Business Inspection-Ready? What OSHA’s SST Letter Means for You.
Learn how to prepare your business for an OSHA inspection under the updated Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program and how USF SafetyFlorida can help you stay compliant.
September 25, 2025USF SafetyFlorida
Speaking the Language of Risk: Why Quantification Matters in Workplace Safety
Quantifying risk in workplace safety enables organizations to make data-driven decisions, prioritize hazards, and align safety strategies with leadership expectations.
September 24, 2025USF SafetyFlorida
A Rolle model on and off the court
Born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas, Lashae Rolle’s journey to USF’s College of Public Health (COPH) started when she came to the U.S. for high school in Wichita, Kan. Later Rolle played collegiate basketball at Texas A&M International University .
September 22, 2025Alumni and Development
The COPH shines at 2025 FPHA Conference
Faculty, students and alumni from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) were honored for their leadership, service and scholarship at the 2025 Florida Public Health Association (FPHA) Annual Educational Conference in Kissimmee in July.
September 19, 2025Awards and Honors, College News
COPH goes national: Shaping the conversation at APHA
Faculty, staff, students and alumni from the USF College of Public Health will gather in Washington, Nov. 2–5 for the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Expo.
September 19, 2025College News
Meet ASPPH's This Is Public Health student ambassadors
ASPPH proudly welcomes 71 graduate students from 47 member schools as new This Is Public Health® (TIPH) Ambassadors. These students play a vital role on the front lines of recruitment, sharing their experiences to inspire the next generation of public health leaders.
September 19, 2025Awards and Honors
USF professor's app targets mosquito habitat, fights tropical diseases
Benjamin Jacob’s creation is saving lives now and in the future. The COPH associate professor has developed a smartphone app that pairs his artificial intelligence algorithms with a drone and satellite images to find all the mosquito habitats in an area and then treat and destroy them the same day.
September 19, 2025Awards and Honors
USF study urges more involvement in cancer studies for Latinos
Cancer doesn’t discriminate in how it affects people of different cultural and economic backgrounds, but opportunities to fight the disease are not always on the same battlefield. Researchers from USF’s College of Public Health (COPH) are shedding light on one aspect of the issue, summarized in the report “From Where Are the Latinos to How to Find Them: A Qualitative Study to Inform Recruitment Efforts in an On-going Psychosocial Cancer Trial for Dyads of Latina Cancer Survivors and Their Intimate Partners,” published this month in the journal Psycho-Oncology.
September 19, 2025Research and Innovation
Vape-free victory
The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Vapes on Campus (VOC) project has been named the Tobacco Free Partnership of Broward County’s Member Champion of the Year– Smoke-Free Initiatives, recognizing the team’s statewide impact on vaping and nicotine prevention among college students. The award was presented Sept. 18 in Fort Lauderdale.
September 19, 2025Awards and Honors
USF Honors College Strengthens 9-Year Partnership with Kerolle Initiative in Dominican Republic
The Judy Genshaft Honors College continues to build on a decade-long partnership with the Kerolle Initiative in the Dominican Republic, a local non-profit pop-up clinic that brings medical care and health education to rural populations. This year, Honors students expanded research beyond the trip, and the college recognized Dr. Reginald Kerolle as an official Honors “graduate.”
September 17, 2025College News