Amy Elliott and Zachary Mannes have joined the University of Florida Substance Abuse Training Center in Public Health as pre-doc trainees. Zach Mannes has an MS in Clinical Psychology and is currently a PhD student in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology. His research interests are biopsychosocial determinants…
July 12, 2016, Professor Dr. Sathirakorn Pongpanich, the Dean of the College of Public Health Sciences at Chulalongkorn University, along with Assistant Professor Dr. Chitlada Areesantichai, Assistant Professor Dr. Usaneya Perngparn, and Visiting Professor Dr. Linda B. Cottler from the University of Florida, USA, met with Chulalongkorn University President Professor…
Dr. Yan Wang, a new Research Assistant Scientist in the department of epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine, has won the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Honor. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral…
Dr. Deepthi Varma was selected to attend the Global mHealth Research Training Institute presented by the Fogarty International Center from June 6th-9th on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The training is divided into topics that address the core aspects of global mHealth research, and participants engage in multidisciplinary…
We are proud to announce that Danmeng Li, Danielle Sharpe, and Amy Elliott received their MSE degrees this April. Amy Elliott has become a T32 fellow in the Epidemiology PhD program here at the University of Florida. Danielle Sharpe was admitted to the PhD program at Emory University. Danmeng…
Martin Wegman, an Epidemiology PhD/MD student, has been selected as an Outstanding Graduate Student by the Graduate Student Council at this year’s Graduate Student Council awards ceremony. Abenaa Acheampong Jones was asked to participate in the Graduate School’s first annual Graduate Student Appreciation Week Research Day to present her…
The study findings, which appear in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, may help experts develop new marijuana prevention strategies, says lead author Xinguang (Jim) Chen, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the department of epidemiology in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine, which are both part of UF Health.
Martin Wegman, an Epidemiology PhD/MD student, was selected as the 2016 Medical Student Research Program top prize winner for his outstanding presentation and content of his poster at the College of Medicine (COM) Celebration of Research. His poster entitled “Difference in drug relapse rates between alternative rehabilitation…
In January 2016 a team from UF traveled to India to conduct a four-day research workshop on behalf of the NIH-funded Fogarty International Center’s India-US Training Program in Non-Communicable Diseases. This year the team consisted of Drs. Linda Cottler, Catherine Striley and Krishna Vaddiparti of epidemiology; Drs.
Xinguang “Jim” Chen, M.D, PhD, a professor in the department of epidemiology, has been named the executive editor-in-chief of BioMed Central’s new journal, Global Health Research and Policy. Global Health Research and Policy is an open access, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal designed to rapidly disseminate high quality research…
