Chris Delcher, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Epidemiology and fellow of the Institute for Child Health Policy, successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Monitoring Prescription Opioid Abuse and ‘Doctor Shopping’: An Epidemiologic Perspective in Person, Place, and Time” on Thursday, June 12. In order to help address the…
Chris Delcher, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Epidemiology and fellow of the Institute for Child Health Policy, successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Monitoring Prescription Opioid Abuse and ‘Doctor Shopping’: An Epidemiologic Perspective in Person, Place, and Time” on Thursday, June 12. In order to help address the…
Two Epidemiology PhD students received Travel Awards from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence for the 76th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Darryl Pastor has works hard at his job and in the community. This year he was awarded with the honor of 2014 Advocate of the year from the Center for Leadership and Service.
Dr. Michael “Brad” Cannell (PhD in Epidemiology, 2013) who is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of North Texas has been accepted into the 2014 Butler-Williams Scholars Program.
Richard S. Hopkins, MD, MSPH to serve another year as Board Chair and President for the International Society of Disease Surveillance Richard Hopkins’s BA degree is from Harvard College (1968), his MD from the University of Pennsylvania (1974), and his MSPH from the University of Colorado (1987). Dr. Hopkins…
A new University of Florida survey suggests that police misconduct against female drug offenders may be more pervasive than previously thought. The survey of more than 300 St. Louis-area women who had been charged with substance-abuse violations found that 25 percent of the respondents reported experiencing police sexual misconduct…
Shaun Ajinkya is our 2013 Outstanding Young Alum for the Department of Epidemiology. He was born and raised in Gainesville, FL. He is a two-time Gator having received his B.Sc in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida in 2009 and his MPH with a concentration in…
Fighting slavery UF health science student travels to Thailand to discuss human trafficking Forty slaves currently work for Soya Davis. The UF health science senior said she is working to set them free. “We incite this demand, and sadly they are the…
Dr. Yaghjyan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Yaghjyan completed her Doctoral Degree in Epidemiology at the University of Cincinnati in 2009. She has recently joined the Department after completing her postdoctoral training in Cancer Prevention and Control at Washington University in St. Louis and Siteman Cancer Center in 2013.
