As a show of appreciation for Epidemiology’s PhD, MSE, and MPH students, pre- and post-doctoral fellows, and graduate faculty, the Department of Epidemiology hosted its annual Fall Celebration the weekend before Halloween. Students, trainees, and faculty attended in costume, and this was the Department’s most highly attended celebration to…
The American Public Health Association (APHA) 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo was held this November in Atlanta, Georgia. Numerous Epidemiology PhD, MSE, and MPH students and faculty attended the meeting and presented their groundbreaking research with posters, roundtables, and oral presentations. The Department of Epidemiology was represented by presentations…
The 2016-2017 academic year was a busy time for the Department of Epidemiology’s PhD students. 100% of our 23 PhD students published at least one manuscript or letter to the editor during this period, and 83% first-authored at least one manuscript or letter to the editor. Each student published,…
Over the past months, Epidemiology PhD students have seen several first-authored publications appear in elite journals. In June, Epidemiology PhD student Zhaoyi Chen and Epidemiology faculty Dr. Mattia Prosperi published in Biomedicine Hub; Epidemiology PhD students Yunan Xu and Kai Wang and Epidemiology faculty Dr. Xinguang Chen published in…
PhD student in Epidemiology Sadaf Milani was recently elected as president of the PHHP Doctoral Student Council (DSC). The purpose of the DSC is to foster social integration and academic collaboration among the doctoral students in the College. Ms. Milani is a double graduate of the University of Florida…
The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 79th Annual Scientific Meeting was held this June in Montréal, Canada. Eleven representatives from the Department of Epidemiology attended the meeting, including PhD students Amy Elliott, Verlin Joseph, Shivani Khan, Yiyang Liu, Sadaf Milani, Vicki Osborne, and Mirsada Serdarevic; post-doctoral T32…
On April 28, 2017, PHHP held its annual convocation to celebrate outstanding students and graduates. Among the awards presented was the annual MPH Exemplary Student honor, recognizing excellent academic performance, strong student leadership, and commitment to public health values and ethics. The awardees of the Exemplary Student Award are…
As part of Epidemiology Journal Club, taught by Dr. Linda Cottler, students are required to review a current article and write and submit a letter to the editor of that journal. Fall 2016, 11 of the 13 students’ letters were accepted for publication! The journals and authors are as follows,…
Sheldon Waugh (on the left in the photo), a third-year PhD student, received a honorable mention in the APHA’s School Health Education and Services Section Student Abstract competition. He presented work at the 2016 APHA Annual Meeting. Bin Yu (on the middle in the photo), a first-year PhD…
Epidemiology is proud to announce that three PhD students successfully defended their dissertations and one MSE student passed his thesis to graduate in fall 2016. Dr. Abenaa Acheampong Jones passed her final dissertation on September 28 titled “Sex, Drugs, and Violence: A Longitudinal Analysis of the SAVA Syndemic among…
