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Dr. Robert Cook Awarded NIDA R01 Grant to Study Marijuana and HIV

Robert L. Cook, MD, MPH, Professor in Epidemiology, Director of the Southern HIV and Alcohol Research Consortium (SHARC) and Chair of the Florida Consortium for HIV/AIDS Research (FCHAR), has achieved yet another scientific success in the area of HIV research. Dr. Cook was recently awarded a $3.2 million R01…

Dr. Mattia Prosperi Receives Grant from National Science Foundation

Associate Professor in Epidemiology Mattia Prosperi, MEng, PhD, recently received a Science of Organizations (SoO) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Prosperi will partner with the UF Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and the University of Minnesota on this three-year project, entitled “A Person-Centric Prediction Model…

Dr. Jim Chen Wins CTSI Clinical Research Pilot Award

Professor in Epidemiology Xinguang (Jim) Chen, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a Patient-Oriented Clinical Research Pilot Award from the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). Dr. Chen’s research has primarily focused on the epidemiology of health risk behavior and behavioral prevention intervention. Through his CTSI-funded project, entitled “Exposure…

Dr. Mattia Prosperi Receives SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant

Associate Professor in Epidemiology Mattia Prosperi, MEng, PhD, recently received a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant from the Office of the Provost. The SEC Faculty Travel program is run through the SECU, the academic initiative of the SEC. The program offers faculty members from each SEC university…

Dr. Robert Cook Named Chair of FCHAR

Professor in Epidemiology Robert L. Cook, MD, MPH, has been named chair of the Florida Consortium for HIV/AIDS Research (FCHAR), the scientific arm of The AIDS Institute. FCHAR was created to bring more HIV research resources to Florida and to advance the body of knowledge about all aspects of…

Two Epidemiology Faculty Awarded UF Term Professorships

Professor in Epidemiology Robert L. Cook, MD, MPH, and Associate Professor in Epidemiology Volker Mai, PhD, MPH, recently received Term Professorship Awards from the UF Office of the Provost. The awards are based on assessment of academic accomplishment and a distinguished career that places awardees among the leaders in…

Department of Epidemiology Well-Represented at CPDD Annual Meeting

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…

Dr. Yan Wang Organizes Symposium at APS Annual Convention

At the 29th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention in May in Boston, MA, Research Assistant Scientist in Epidemiology Yan Wang, PhD, organized a symposium to discuss recent developments in and applications of cusp catastrophe modeling. Entitled “Capturing the quantum changes in human behavior: From solution to application…

Dr. Hui Hu Receives AHA Grant in First Year as Faculty

Research Assistant Scientist in Epidemiology Hui Hu, PhD, graduated from the Epidemiology PhD program in August 2016 and immediately re-joined the Department as faculty. Now, less than one year later, he has received his first grant from the American Heart Association (AHA). The AHA’s Scientist Development Grant program aims…

Epidemiology Faculty Honored by MPH Students on Public Health Day

On Public Health Day 2017, the culminating experience of the University of Florida MPH program, two Epidemiology faculty were honored by the Public Health Student Association (PHSA). Founded in 2003 as an organization for MPH students, PHSA is dedicated to the purpose of facilitating community, service, and opportunity for…