Read USF’s latest Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of South Florida has pooled its expertise and resources in order to help influence the effectiveness of public health messaging related to COVID-19.
U.S. President Joseph Biden has opened a special Affordable Care Act enrollment period to run until May 15, and the COPH Florida Covering Kids & Families program is ready to assist.

In April 2020, as the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic began sweeping across Florida and the United States, USF Research & Innovation began working with faculty members and college and department leadership to launch a first-of-its kind funding effort to jump start research into the disease and its impact.
Dr. Ben Jacob has received a $25,000 grant from the Joy McCann Foundation, a Tampa-based nonprofit charitable organization. The money will be used to research the use of artificial intelligence and drones in the fight against mosquito larvae in Hillsborough County. 

COPH’s Dr. Alicia Best was presented with a Top 10 Under 40 Award from the Morehouse School of Medicine on Dec. 17, 2020. Best graduated from Morehouse in 2009 with her MPH.

The COPH hosts a virtual 5K, “Run Family Violence Out of Tampa Bay,” benefiting the USF Harrell Center. The event takes place from April 17-18, 2021 and is sponsored by Lennar Homes. Proceeds benefit community-academic projects addressing family violence.

Due to COVID-19, all judging of poster presentations occurred online in advance of the Feb. 26 all-virtual event. Despite this, USF Health Research Day 2021 remained a celebration of the best scholarly work of students, residents and faculty across USF Health.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Management Student Association at the COPH hosted its 6th annual career fair virtually. The fair, which is normally a single-day event, was stretched out across a week and held from Feb. 22 to March 1.

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition comprising the world’s foremost experts in every class of virus-causing disease in humans and some animals, today announced that USF Health will serve as GVN’s Southeast United States Regional Headquarters.

COPH alum Dr. Stasha-Gae Roberts was commissioned as an Army nurse for four years after earning her bachelor of science in nursing. She was stationed in Augusta, Ga., taking care of active duty personnel, their families, veterans and visiting dignitaries.
Class Notes

Heather Clayton, PhD, MPH, is a senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in Atlanta.
 
Mike Klingshirn, MPH, is director of consulting services with Fusion Cell in Windham, NH.
 
Benjamin Redmond, MPH, CPH, is an emergency management specialist with FEMA in Washington, DC.
 
Khushali Vashi, MPH, BDS, CPH, is a clinical research coordinator at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

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