Dr. Tracey Barnett was among the reviewers for the E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. The report that the uses of electronic cigarettes is increasing quickly among American youth and still contain harmful ingredients that is dangerous to youth. The findings…
“It is vital for us to increase our understanding of viruses like chikungunya, dengue and Zika.” Mattia Prosperi, PhD, MEng…
Dr. Linda B. Cottler, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in public health from Thailand’s leading research university, Chulalongkorn University. Cottler was recognized for her contributions and achievement in public health at a ceremony held Oct. 20 at Chulalongkorn’s campus in Bangkok. Thailand’s…
Dr. Deepthi Varma (left) has been named the new PhD program director for the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Cindy Prins led the program since 2013 but was recently offered and accepted the Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs and Director of the Master of Public Health program. “I am really proud of…
Dr. Catherine Striley, an assistant professor and director of the Master of Science in Epidemiology (MSE) program in the Department of Epidemiology, was part of a panel held at the new “Hall of Heroes” in the Gainesville Police Department headquarters held on September 15, 2016. A showing of “Breaking…
One of Epidemiology’s newest faculty hires, Dr. Jinying Zhao, had a publication featured on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s news mentions. Her featured publication titled “Processed meat, but not unprocessed red meat, is inversely associated with leukocyte telomere length in the Strong Heart family study” was published…
The Department of Epidemiology welcomes new Research Assistant Scientist Dr. Hui Hu. Dr. Hu received his PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Florida in 2016, and his research interests focus on health effects of environmental exposures, substance use, and racial disparities in health outcomes. He has been involved…
Dr. Jinying Zhao joined the Department of Epidemiology this month as Dean’s Professor and Director of the Division of Genetic Epidemiology under the pre-eminence initiative. She received her MD at the Zhengzhou University School of Medicine in China (1989), her first PhD in Molecular Genetics at the Chinese Academy…
Ann Horgas, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, an associate professor in the College of Nursing; Meredith Wicklund, M.D., an assistant professor and former chief of the division of behavioral neurology in the College of Medicine’s department of neurology; Dawn Bowers, Ph.D., a professor with appointments in the College of Public Health and Health Professions’ department of clinical and health psychology and the College of Medicine’s department of neurology; and Linda Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., FACE, College of Public Health and Health Professions associate dean for research and the founding chair of the department of epidemiology in PHHP and the College of Medicine, have been awarded nearly $850,000 to study Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Yan Wang started as a Research Assistant Scientist with the department on July 1. Dr. Wang received her PhD in Child and Family Studies from Syracuse University in 2013, and she joined the Department of Epidemiology as a postdoctoral research associate in 2014. With an interdisciplinary perspective arising…
