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Dr. Liva LaMontagne was selected to present a symposium entitled Pain and Substance Use in Complex Populations: Integrating Epidemiological and Clinical Perspectives with colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern, and Rowan Universities during the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 46th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions in San Francisco March 26-29, 2025.
Dr. Nae Won, current T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, recently was accepted to the Centers for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service, which is the globally recognized applied epidemiology training program established in 1951. EIS has trained over 4,000 disease detectives who have investigated and responded to a range…
University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions graduate students Daniel Acosta, Amadou Barrow and Veronica Herlinda Lima Bornas were recognized at the UF International Center’s International Student Achievement Awards ceremony held November 19 at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. The awards program recognizes students who have distinguished…
A faculty, student and staff team represented the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions department of epidemiology at the 20th World Psychiatric Association Epidemiology and Public Health Section Congress held October 9-11 in Bangkok, Thailand. Highlights included: Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., dean’s professor of epidemiology and director…
Adaeze Anamege, a University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions Ph.D. student in epidemiology, was honored with a Greg Alexander Outstanding Student Paper award sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health section of the American Public Health Association. Anamege presented her paper, “The Role of Social Support…
Two new University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions projects are focused on developing HIV prevention strategies among women and young adults in Florida, where new HIV infections are among the highest in the nation. Yiyang Liu, Ph.D., M.P.H., a research assistant professor in the PHHP department…
Mattia Prosperi, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology and associate dean for AI and innovation at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been selected as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, or ACMI. Prosperi is among 25 new Fellows who have attained the ACMI’s…
The department of epidemiology is making important scientific discoveries and educating others with the goal of having a direct impact on health.
Representatives from academia, industry and government gathered September 8-10 for a University of Florida workshop focused on prescriptive artificial intelligence for decision making. A common application of AI research is predicting future life events, such as the risk of developing a particular health condition or the likelihood of making a…
International Overdose Awareness Day occurs every Aug. 31 and is the largest global campaign to bring awareness to rising overdose rates. Combating this issue requires complex considerations, including removing stigma around substance use disorder, providing harm reduction, and educating the public on this growing issue. Overdose-related fatalities in the U.S.
