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COPH faculty recognized as top 2% of researchers
COPH faculty are among 164 USF faculty members recognized as the Top 2% of researchers in their field by Stanford’s annual ranking based on citations during calendar year 2022.
April 19, 2024Research & Innovation
To fight malaria parasite, researchers try tricking it with a time-travel strategy
USF Health researchers are working to advance the understanding of how malaria becomes resistant to the most popular drug used to treat the disease.
April 8, 2024Research & Innovation
What happens when families and medical proxies disagree about end-of-life decisions?
Disagreements about end-of-life care are common, pitting family members and medical proxies against each other and posing a myriad of ethical and legal questions.
April 5, 2024Research & Innovation
The FPRC and FL-CK&F team up to create more accessible health insurance messaging
Two COPH groups—Florida Covering Kids & Families and the Florida Prevention Research Center—recently teamed up to create clearer, more effective health insurance marketing messages during the Medicaid unwinding process.
March 22, 2024Alumni & Development, College News, Research & Innovation
Partnership growth in Panama
A team of USF Health professors representing the USF Genomics and Internal Medicine-Infectious Disease traveled to Panama in February. The delegation was focused on strengthening existing Panamanian partnerships, discovering new programs and visiting local health institutions, while providing a forum for the USF faculty to share current research projects.
March 7, 2024Alumni & Development, College News, Research & Innovation
How parenting impacts the incidence of depression among Black youth
Black American youth have disproportionately higher rates of depression when compared to youth of other races. The reasons, says Dr. Xonjenese Jacobs, a USF College of Public Health alum and current director of Florida Covering Kids & Families, are multifaceted.
February 23, 2024College News, Research & Innovation
How do we provide supportive care throughout pregnancy? MCHSO aims to address this question at annual symposium
The COPH's Maternal Child Health Student Organization will host its 15th annual spring symposium this year from March 21-22. This year’s event titled, “Supportive Care Throughout Pregnancy: How We All Come Together," centers on how everyone has a part to play in ensuring mothers, birthing people and children are equitably cared for to become well and flourish.
February 23, 2024Community Engagement, Research & Innovation, Student Life
COPH grad works to lower heparin medication errors
Heparin dosing is challenging say pharmacists like Dr. Deborah Booth, a USF College of Public Health graduate who earned her MPH in December, because patient-specific factors, such as age or weight, can alter the medication’s properties.
February 12, 2024Alumni & Development, College News, Research & Innovation
How do students really feel about synchronous, hybrid learning? Two COPH professors find out
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid learning has become a mainstay on many college campuses throughout the country. But how do students feel about this new normal?
February 12, 2024College News, Research & Innovation, Student Life
Controlling water-linked diseases in Africa
Dr. Ricardo Izurieta, a specialist in water- and vector-borne diseases and director of the college’s global communicable diseases program, spoke recently at a conference focused on water, environment and food safety.
January 29, 2024College News, Research & Innovation
Nurses, PTSD and the COVID-19 pandemic
As part of his doctoral training, Santiago Hernandez Bojorge embarked on a research project examining the prevalence and risk factors for PTSD among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 29, 2024College News, Research & Innovation
Examining the intersection between blood-alcohol levels and impaired driving
As part of her thesis project, USF College of Public Health undergraduate student Amira Elfeel performed a literature review of articles and government resources assessing variables related to traffic accidents and alcohol consumption. She specifically looked at the antegrade and retrograde estimation of blood alcohol impairment.
January 8, 2024College News, Research & Innovation