Shannon Rich, Ph.D. student in Epidemiology, was selected as the 2021-2022 PHHP graduate-level Dean’s scholar. This is one of the most prestigious honors the dean’s office gives as part of its recognition of exceptional students’ accomplishments.
Lusine Yaghjyan, MD, MPH, Ph.D., was recently invited to serve as a standing member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Biomarkers Study Section (CBSS), Center for Scientific Review (CSR). The CBSS CSR consists of 20-40 top-ranked scientists who review NIH applications on the discovery,…
NIDA T32 Postdoctoral fellow Vinita Sharma, Ph.D., MPH, CPH, was awarded the ASAM Abstract Honorable Mention: Associate Professional at the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 53rd Annual Conference in Innovations in Addiction Medicine and Science. Award recipients received covered costs for the ASAM conference and were invited to attend…
Jerne Shapiro, MPH, Lecturer, received the 2022 Superior Accomplishment Award at the university level.
Linda Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E., and Catherine Striley, Ph.D., M.S.W., were awarded the First Prize Winner of the Community Engagement Model that Bolsters Trust and Trustworthiness.
Natalie Chichetto, Ph.D., MSW, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, will serve as the site investigator for the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS), the longest US observational study of HIV. She will be an internal cohort resource and liaison for those interested in developing their own research concepts using the MWCCS data.
The Department of Epidemiology is pleased to introduce our new Clinical Associate Professor, Dr. Heather Stark. Dr. Stark joins us from the college of Public Health and Health Professions, where she served as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Global Health and conducted global health…
Dr. Yan Wang, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, received funding from the National Institute on Aging to study the effects of medical marijuana usage in older adults.
Research Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, Dongyu Zhang, received funding from the UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Pilot Program to study the effects of walking exercise intervention to reduce fatigue in older breast cancer survivors. This 2-year pilot trial is supported by the pilot fund in UFHCC with a total budget…
Ruba Sajdeya, Doctoral student of Clinical and Translational Science in Epidemiology, was invited to present at Anesthesiology 2021, the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, in San Diego. She also received the Early Career Investigator Award from the Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) 2021 Annual Meeting and the Certificate of…
