The HealthStreet team has received $4.209M in funding in FY 22-23 for its community engagement work from the NIH and CDC. The CTSA/PACER All of Us Community Network ($1.863M for FY 22-23) is a network that engages researchers from diverse backgrounds in the AoU Research Program. This and the 8…
The Department of Epidemiology congratulates two NIDA Scholars for completing their internships at the University of Florida. Dr. Cottler’s lab has hosted NIDA’s Summer Research Internship Program for 18 years, while Dr. Catalina Lopez-Quintero’s lab has hosted it for the second time. Out of 300 applications, Reuben Saunders and Azadi…
Can you share the most meaningful award or achievement you received during your time, and why it was so important to you? I think that the achievement that meant the most to me was the work I was able to do during the Covid-19 pandemic. I served as the campus…
Mark Britton, a Ph.D. student mentored by Dr. Robert Cook, was selected to receive a UF Graduate Student Council travel award for his attendance at the Research Society on Alcohol Annual Meeting. He presented a poster for his study entitled “Pre-Intervention Drinks/Month and HIV Serostatus Interactively Predict Memory Change After…
Christian Conger Christian Conger Mentors: Dr. Linda Cottler What do you look forward to most as a future epidemiologist and your career in epidemiology? As a future epidemiologist, I most look forward to contributing to interventions that bring lasting positive change on the world. Ever since I was young, I…
Rebecca Jane Austin-Datta, a third-year doctoral student in epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, has received a Graduate Student Teaching Award presented by the UF Graduate School. The award recognizes the best, brightest and most industrious of UF’s graduate teaching assistants for their…
Delaney Ding Delaney Ding Mentors: Dr. Natalie Chichetto and Dr. Robert Cook. What do you look forward to most as a future epidemiologist and your career in epidemiology? I aspire to become a physician-epidemiologist: conducting impactful mixed-methods research in partnership with patients and communities domestically and internationally, to inform clinical…
Adaeze Anamege Adaeze Anamege Mentor: Dr. Kelly Gurka What do you look forward to most as a future epidemiologist and your career in epidemiology? I am mostly looking forward to contributing to the health and well-being of women and children, especially in underserved areas in the US but mostly in…
Mark Britton Mentor: Dr. Robert Cook What inspired you to study epidemiology? While I began my graduate career on a clinical track, and my background is in cognitive neuroscience, I was ultimately really impressed by epidemiological methods and population-level approaches to public health, and I think this is where I…
Christina Parisi, Ph.D. student, was selected to receive a Chair’s Travel Award for her attendance at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Marijuana, where she presented a poster as well as an oral presentation. This event was held in Boston, MA, on July 22-24. Parisi is mentored…
