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Partnership growth in Panama
A team of 云顶赌场app Health professors representing the 云顶赌场app 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 云顶赌场app faculty to share current research projects.
March 7, 2024Alumni and Development, College News, Research and Innovation
云顶赌场app Health Research Day showcases strong research and collaboration
Another record for 云顶赌场app Health Research Day, the largest research-oriented event of its kind at 云顶赌场app and the largest celebration of health sciences research collaboration.
March 6, 2024Awards and Honors
Student organization receives 鈥淩ising Star鈥� Award
The Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG) at 云顶赌场app, a student organization with nearly 100 members, recently received the American College of Lifestyle Medicine鈥檚 Rising Star Award.
February 26, 2024Awards and Honors, College News, Student Life
From Baton Rouge to the CDC: The journey of one COPH alum
云顶赌场app鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH) alum Euna August describes herself as a biracial (African American and Korean) woman who hails from Baton Rouge, La. 鈥淢y parents, who taught me the value of education and hard work, laid the path for me to pursue excellence,鈥� she said.
February 23, 2024Alumni and Development, College News
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 云顶赌场app College of Public Health alum and current director of Florida Covering Kids & Families, are multifaceted.
February 23, 2024College News, Research and 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鈥檚 event titled, 鈥淪upportive 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 and Innovation, Student Life
COPH grad works to lower heparin medication errors
Heparin dosing is challenging say pharmacists like Dr. Deborah Booth, a 云顶赌场app College of Public Health graduate who earned her MPH in December, because patient-specific factors, such as age or weight, can alter the medication鈥檚 properties.
February 12, 2024Alumni and Development, College News, Research and Innovation
COPH student, faculty hook up for mystery knitting
Dr. Alison Oberne, director of the BSPH program at the 云顶赌场app College of Public Health, first got introduced to knitting while pursuing her MPH at the college.
February 12, 2024College News
Dr. Bill Sappenfield receives Title V Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Bill Sappenfield, who recently retired from the 云顶赌场app College of Public Health, has received the Title V Lifetime Achievement Award.
February 12, 2024Awards and Honors, College News
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 and Innovation, Student Life
Florida once again leads the nation in signups for health plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace, with more than 4.2 million residents enrolling during the open enrollment period that ended earlier this month.
February 12, 2024College News, In the Media
From swimmer to soldier: the public health journey of Lt. Col. Sean Beeman
Although born in Kansas, 云顶赌场app College of Public Health (COPH) alumnus Sean Beeman considers Trophy Club, Texas, his hometown. And being a competitive swimmer in high school gave him the jumpstart to join the Navy and serve as a search and rescue swimmer for 14 years, which eventually led him down a lifelong path of military service and public health.
February 11, 2024Alumni and Development