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COPH students slay at 2025 USF award ceremonies
COPH students and student organizations were recognized at both the USF Health Student Awards Ceremony and the USF Celebration of Leadership Awards—two key events held as part of USF Commencement Week.
May 9, 2025Awards and Honors, Community Engagement, Community Health Sciences
With strong mind and body, Alexandra Lopez breaks out of ‘comfort zone’ to lead at USF Sarasota-Manatee
USF Sarasota-Manatee graduate Alexandra Lopez, a biology major and student government leader, plans to earn a master’s degree from the USF College of Public Health with a concentration in nutrition and dietetics.
May 9, 2025Community Health Sciences, Student Life
COPH alumni receives USF's outstanding young alumni award
Introducing USF's 2025 Award Recipients for the Outstanding Young Alumni award! Stefania Alastre Arcusa, Cell and Molecular Biology ’17 and MSPH ’21
April 11, 2025Alumni and Development, Awards and Honors, Community Health Sciences
Drs. Joe Bohn and Jason Salemi recognized with COPH Excellence in Teaching Award
Drs. Joe Bohn and Jason Salemi were honored with the prestigious COPH Excellence in Teaching Award by the Public Health Student Association during the college’s National Public Health Week ceremony. The award recognizes faculty members who have made significant contributions to student development and the quality of education within their department and the college.
April 11, 2025Awards and Honors, Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology
Amy Artuso receives Outstanding Alumni Award
USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Amy Artuso is the 2025 recipient of the COPH Outstanding Alumni Award, and was recognized in a ceremony during National Public Health week.
April 11, 2025Alumni and Development, Awards and Honors, Community Health Sciences
The enduring mission of the MCH Journal: Affirming the right to science, practice and community in MCH
The editorial reflects on the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Journal's nearly 30-year commitment to advancing MCH. It emphasizes the journal's role in fostering a community dedicated to science and practice.
April 11, 2025Community Health Sciences, In the Media
Dr. Donna Petersen awarded ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Service
The Welch-Rose Award is given annually to an individual to honor their lifetime of public health service and/or for their extraordinary contributions to the academic public health community. This year Dr. Donna Petersen is the recipient of the ASPPH Welch-Rose Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Service.
March 28, 2025Awards and Honors, Community Health Sciences
USF prepares disease specialists to level up
Recognizing the need to enhance training for disease intervention specialists, the Florida Department of Health has partnered with the COPH to launch the Disease Intervention Specialist Training Academy.
March 28, 2025College News, Community Health Sciences, Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences
Shaping the future of public health, one student at a time
For USF College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Jennifer Winston, public health is more than a profession—it’s a calling. As an instructor and PhD candidate at the COPH, Winston brings her wealth of real-world experience into the classroom, engaging and inspiring the next generation of public health professionals.
March 21, 2025Alumni and Development, College News, Community Health Sciences, Student Life
USF researcher explores link between illness in pregnancy and cognitive development of newborns
Respiratory viruses are a major cause of early childhood illness, hospitalization and death around the world. Work by a team that includes a researcher at USF’s College of Public Health (COPH) could lead to countless lives saved.
March 7, 2025Community Health Sciences, Research and Innovation
Alumna Delaenam Akahoho's path to public health
Delaenam Akahoho, a proud double Bull alumna of USF’s College of Public Health (COPH), has charted a path from her childhood. Growing up in Okeechobee, Fla., Akahoho’s experiences with community and public health challenges have shaped her commitment to improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations.
March 7, 2025Alumni and Development, Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology
Empowering the future: COPH’s Maternal and Child Health Symposium inspires change
The COPH's Maternal and Child Health Student Organization is set to host its annual symposium, themed “Nurturing the Next Generation: A Collaborative Approach to Maternal and Child Well-Being.”
March 7, 2025College News, Community Health Sciences, Student Life