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PHHP students honored during 2021 International Education Week

The University of Florida International Center has recognized College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine student Erta Cenko with the 2021 Alec Courtelis Award for Outstanding PhD Students. Cenko is one of only three students to receive this year’s award, which comes with a $2,000 prize.

Lopez-Quintero lab students present at CUR Symposium

On November 3rd, seven undergraduate students presented their research projects at the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Symposium. The students are working with Dr. Catalina Lopez-Quintero, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, and other members of her lab on research that primarily addresses drug use and COVID-19 related disparities. Students, mostly from…

GeneBio Center presents inaugural seminar series on November 17, 1:00 PM

Please join us from 1-2pm ET via Zoom on Wednesday, November 17th for The Center of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics’ first seminar! Dr. Weihong Tang from University of Minnesota presents “Epidemiologic and Genetic Risk Factors for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Venous Thromboembolism in Population-based Study.” Dr. Tang’s career has focused…

Erta Cenko wins 2021 Alec Courtelis Award

Erta Cenko has been selected as a 2021 Alec Courtelis Award honoree. The Alec Courtelis Awards are made possible through an endowment established by Louise Courtelis in honor of her late husband, a former chairman of the Board of Regents, in recognition of his interest and support for…

Views from a pandemic

This tells the personal stories of some of our faculty, staff and students and their experiences during the pandemic.