The 26th annual College of Public Health and Health Professions Research Day was held on Tuesday, April 16. Fourteen MPH and PhD students and Fellows represented the Department of Epidemiology. Three students were among the top ten abstracts and also gave oral presentations: Margo Klar, Nancy Seraphin, and Sunil Swami.
Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Cindy Prins, PhD, MPH, CIC, CPH was named one of the University of Florida’s 2013 Outstanding Young Alumni at a ceremony held on April 6.
In interviews with nearly 6,000 residents of five U.S. cities, African-Americans were more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to express an interest in participating in medical research, even if studies involved providing blood or genetic samples. The findings appear online ahead of print in the American Journal…
University of Florida researchers have found that physicians undergoing supervision in a Physician’s Health Program had significantly higher odds of abuse/dependence disorders for alcohol, opiates and sedatives compared to a matched sample of the general population who had sought treatment for substance use, despite the fact that overall use…
By Jill Pease Cindy Prins, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the director of the University of Florida doctoral program in epidemiology. Prins is a clinical assistant professor in the UF department of epidemiology, which is housed in the College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of…
The Department of Epidemiology is proud to announce its newest degree program, the Master of Science in Epidemiology. The MSE is designed to prepare students for public health careers with a focus in illness prevention and surveillance around the world. The 36-credit program, set to begin Fall of2013 is currently…
Epidemiology Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Cindy Prins recently received a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s National Vaccine Program Office and JBS International, Inc. to support a project on vaccine knowledge titled “Utilizing the HealthStreet Model to Support Adult Immunizations in Underserved Populations of…
Third year Epidemiology PhD student and Institute for Child Health Policy fellow Chris Delcher recently had a paper quoted in the Health Behavior News Service.
Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions’ associate dean for research and planning. She is the dean’s professor and chair of the department of epidemiology in the College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College…
The University of Florida has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to support studies on HIV infection and high-risk alcohol consumption.
