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…
Marko Predic, an MSE graduate in the class of fall 2016, recently won a New Investigator Award for an abstract submitted to the Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) 2017 Annual Conference. The APIC Abstract Sub-Committee recognizes abstracts that demonstrate exemplary scientific merit and are of high interest…
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…
People who first became intoxicated as young teens have a greater risk of dying prematurely than those who first became drunk later in adolescence or not at all, according to a study led by University of Florida researchers. The findings appear online ahead of print in the journal Drug and…
Professor in Epidemiology, Richard S. Hopkins, MD, MSPH, retired on May 1, 2017. Dr. Hopkins has been with the Department of Epidemiology since January 2013. Prior to his appointment at UF, Dr. Hopkins was State Epidemiologist in Colorado (1979–1985) and in Florida (1991–2001). He held regular academic positions at…
On April 28, 2017, PHHP held its annual convocation to celebrate outstanding students and graduates. Among the awards presented was the annual MPH Exemplary Student honor, recognizing excellent academic performance, strong student leadership, and commitment to public health values and ethics. The awardees of the Exemplary Student Award are…
On Earth Day 2017, a series of marches were held around to country to mend the gap between the scientific community and non-scientists. These Marches for Science aimed to emphasize how science has improved and enriched our lives, and the importance of science in informing critical societal and governmental…
Federal regulation of a chemical used in the illegal manufacture of cocaine appears to have helped lower cocaine-related hospital stays for new mothers and babies in the United States. Chris Delcher, Ph.D., and a team of researchers at the University of Florida (UF) and the University of North Texas in…
Researchers at the University of Florida and several peer institutions have developed a model mapping the spread of Zika virus in the Americas and predicting that the virus arrived in Brazil in late 2013 or early 2014 before spreading throughout the region. The model also projects the number of microcephaly…
Since winning the Go Mini Scientific Challenge last year, Mattia Prosperi, MEng, PhD, Preeminence Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Florida in the College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine, has been busy. His MINI Cooper is used by…
