USF College of Public Health Monday Letter, May 8

Read USF’s latest Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates.

Features

The COPH graduates 823 public health heroes

The COPH welcomed master’s and doctoral students to a graduation ceremony presented at the college to family, friends, students, faculty and staff on May 5.

Sam Bell, founder of the College of Public Health, posthumously awarded USF’s Distinguished Citizen Award

Samuel P. Bell III, a former legislator in the Florida House of Representatives and founder of the COPH, was posthumously awarded USF’s Distinguished Citizen Award at the university’s 2023 spring commencement held May 7.

Research

Why so many men don’t get preconception care—and why that needs to change

In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended preconception care for both women and men. Yet men are often overlooked when it comes to smoking cessation counseling, blood pressure screenings, weight management guidance and other preconception care services. And the consequences can be dire.

Accolades

Dean Donna Petersen receives first-ever REACHUP Community Advocacy Award

Dr. Donna Petersen, senior associate vice president of USF Health and dean of the COPH, is the first recipient of REACHUP, Inc.’s Community Advocacy Award.

Research on cell metabolism earns Rays Jiang WLP faculty excellence award

Dr. Rays Jiang, a COPH associate professor who pioneered the first genomics lab at the university, has been awarded the Dr. Kathleen Moore Faculty Excellence Award by USF’s Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP).

Grads Made Good

From football star to South Florida foodie: How a health sciences major shaped one alum’s journey

If sports didn’t work out, Kayvon Webster, a former USF cornerback who helped lead the Denver Broncos to a Super Bowl championship in 2015, thought he might make a career in medicine.

Take Note

Shoutout

Upcoming Events

Check out the latest Advocation - Change It Up podcast episode by the COPH Activist Lab. This episode focuses on how eligible individuals can maintain their Medicaid enrollment after the COVID-19 continuous enrollment policy ended on March 31.

Listen here

Video

Environmental and occupational health

Environmental and occupational health is the study of how human health and welfare are impacted by the natural and engineered environmental systems in which people live and work. Graduates of this concentration program become environmental scientists, managers of health, safety and the environment at large and small companies, advance in clinical health practice careers and serve in public health leadership positions.

Tune in to learn more about the master’s degree concentration in environmental and occupational health. Then, apply to the University of South Florida and help advance the public's health!

More videos

Public Health Executive Program Capstone Presentations

May 10-12

Summer Sessions A & C Classes Begin

Monday, May 15

PacBio Roadshow

Tuesday, May 16

USF COPH Alumni Society Monthly Meetup

Wednesday, May 17

USF Alumni Society Book Club Discussion

Wednesday, May 24

USF COPH Alumni Society Meet and Greet

Wednesday, May 24

Memorial Day Holiday; USF Closed

Monday, May 29

Hablemos Sobre Envejecimiento Saludable

Wednesday, May 31

Juneteenth Holiday; USF Closed

Monday, June 19

Summer Session B Classes Begin

Monday, June 26

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Class Notes

Mikhaela Dieudonne, BSPH, is a master of public health student at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Sarah Donovan, MHA, is a divisional operational excellence manager at AdventHealth West Florida.

Dr. Joanna Reid-Enoise, MPH, is the manager of planning and evaluation at Palm Beach County, Fla.

Juan Pablo Sanchez, MPH, CPH, is the founder and lead consultant at Holistix Global Health Solutions and serves as the response operations center manager at the United States Agency for International Development - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance in Washington, DC.

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