Welcome Dr. Thomas A. Pearson, he will be serving as the Executive Vice President for Research and Education at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, with a faculty appointment with the Department of Epidemiology. He will report to Dr. David S. Guzick, senior vice president…
Shaun Ajinkya, Master’s in Public Health (Epidemiology) ’11 The College of Public Health and Health Professions is pleased to announce the PHHP Outstanding Alumni for 2013. They will be honored at a ceremony during the college’s alumni reunion on November 9.
Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., a NIDA-funded investigator and chair of the department of epidemiology in the UF colleges of Public Health and Health Professions and Medicine, has been involved with the summer program for nine years.
A study conducted in 10 U.S. cities led by Department of Epidemiology chair Dr. Linda Cottler shows that two-thirds of adolescents believe that prescription stimulant use is a moderate-to-large problem among their peers.
Epidemiology Associate Professor Dr. Robert Cook was one of 34 faculty members across the University of Florida to receive this recognition for their distinguished record of research.
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…
