Dr. Hui Hu, an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2019 Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension Epidemiology. He was recognized during…
In honor of more than three decades of excellence in mentoring, the American Heart Association’s Council on Epidemiology and Prevention has awarded Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., the 2019 Epidemiology and Prevention Mentoring Award. The award recognizes professionals who have provided exceptional individual and institutional mentoring and advocacy for…
Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., FACE, will step down from her position as chair of the department of epidemiology in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine at the end of 2018. She will continue to serve as a professor in the…
Associate Professor and Preeminence Faculty of Epidemiology, Mattia Prosperi, MEng, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Christina Boucher, PhD are MPIs on a new Research Project Grant Award (R01). The grant entitled “Developing Computational Methods for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistant Agents” will…
The University of Florida International Center honored a College of Public Health and Health Professions faculty member and several graduate students during International Education Week, held November 12 to 16. Krishna Vaddiparti, Ph.D., M.P.E., M.S.W., a research assistant professor in the UF department of epidemiology at PHHP and the…
A University of Florida study published in the journal Addictive Behaviors finds that 3 percent of 10-18 year-olds had misused opioids in the past 30 days. Most participants reported the opioids were obtained at school or home. Males who reported non-medical opioid use were more likely to report obtaining the…
Dean’s Professor and Chair, Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH, FACE, and Lori Knackstedt, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, are MPIs on a new Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21/R33) funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The grant entitled “Identifying Patterns of Human Polysubstance Use…
Summer 2018 graduate of the PhD in Epidemiology program, Sadaf Milani, PhD, MPH, CPH, recently received an award from the American Public Health Association (APHA) Aging & Public Health Section for one of her dissertation manuscripts. The Laurence G. Branch Doctoral Student Research Award is an award which honors outstanding…
On August 17th, the Department of Epidemiology hosted the largest (and most fun) new student orientation ever, with 93 attendees. Faculty, staff, and current students all welcomed the 9 new PhD, 6 new MSE, and 27 new MPH students. We are excited to welcome this new cohort and look forward…
Clinical Assistant Professor in Epidemiology Dr. Catalina Lopez-Quintero has received a K01 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to investigate drug use-related disparities among Hispanics by exploring the complex interactions between socio-cultural, neurocognitive, and drug use-related factors and potential mechanisms explaining drug use trajectories and outcomes. K…
