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COPH professor publishes essential guide for health services management

Dr. Zachary Pruitt released Health Services Management: Competencies and Careers, a comprehensive resource designed to equip students and professionals with the skills needed to succeed in the evolving health care industry.

February 6, 2025¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ and Development, College News, Health Policy and Systems Management

Don't Let This Happen to You: Essential Fall Protection Tips and OSHA Insights Unveiled.

A simple mistake on a residential roof could lead to life-threatening injuries. Discover the critical OSHA regulations that protect workers and the swift actions taken to ensure safety.

January 31, 2025¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵSafetyFloridaImage Story

Fostering a Safe and Compliant Workplace: The Importance of Safety Training

Effective safety training fosters a safe and compliant workplace, reduces accidents, ensures OSHA compliance, and enhances productivity. Employers should prioritize safety training, plan carefully, and continuously evaluate its effectiveness to maintain high safety standards.

January 28, 2025¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵSafetyFloridaText Story

Emily Walsh makes history as the first student awarded with the Vincent Jackson Community Champion Award

Emily Walsh is a recent graduate from the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵCollege of Public Health (COPH) with a BSPH and a double minor in women and gender studies and global studies in diversity and education.

January 24, 2025Awards and Honors, Community Health Sciences, Student Life

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵconsultation program helps businesses play it safe in the workplace

Let’s say you open a small business in Tampa, with a dozen employees. What’s the first thing you need to be concerned about? A return on your investment? How about the safety of your people.

January 24, 2025Community Engagement, ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵSafetyFlorida

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵstudy brainstorms the good and bad of AI in curriculum design

It seems you can’t get through a day without seeing or reading something about artificial intelligence (AI), which tackles an ever-increasing variety of functions, from simple search engines to complex theoretical forecasts.

January 24, 2025Research and Innovation

H5N1: How worried should we be?

Experts from ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵHealth and the Global Virus Network discuss the current avian influenza outbreak in poultry, dairy cattle and wild birds.

January 22, 2025Research and Innovation, Sten Vermund

It's hard to believe it’s been five years since the first COVID-19 case was reported in the United States. The COPH's Dr. Donna Petersen, professor and former dean, played a pivotal role in Tampa Bay's response. From early shutdowns to vaccine rollouts, her insights on collaboration, challenges and lessons learned offer valuable takeaways for future public health crises.

January 22, 2025In the Media

2024: A transformative year for COPH

The past year brought transformative changes to the COPH, marked by impactful advancements in leadership, community engagement and technology. These developments highlighted COPH's dedication to improving public health outcomes both locally and globally.

January 13, 2025College News

A triple Bull’s path to global public health leadership

Originally from Naples, Fla., Adriana Campos is the daughter of Ecuadorian immigrant parents and a triple Bull, earning all of her degrees from the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵCollege of Public Health (COPH).

January 13, 2025¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ and Development, Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Epidemiology, Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences

New COPH dean embraces local and global challenges facing public health

As Dr. Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, takes over this month as the new dean of USF’s College of Public Health (COPH), he brings more than deep experience in infectious disease epidemiology and prevention. The whirlwind of global change in disease, climate, technology, politics and economies is reshaping the future of health and exposing new challenges that he believes should be confronted head on.

January 10, 2025College News, Sten Vermund

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵprofessor shines light on men’s often misunderstood roles in maternal support in Senegal

How do women and men in poor countries educate themselves about pregnancy and childbirth? Do health care organizations give them enough accurate information to bring a baby safely into the world? Just as important, what are the “roles’’ of the mother and father in the delivery of a newborn?

January 10, 2025Community Health Sciences, Research and Innovation