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Dr. Robert Cook and Dr. Yan Wang (MPIs) receive NIH/NIAAA R01 grant

Robert Cook, Ph.D., Professor, and Dr. Yan Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, in Epidemiology, were recently awarded a new $3.13 million new R01 grant from NIH’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for their study entitled “Technology-based assessments and intervention to reduce alcohol consumption and improve HIV viral suppression…

Dr. Mattia Prosperi received a Syngenta Crop Protection US industry-sponsored grant

Professor in Epidemiology and Associate Dean of AI and Innovation, Mattia Prosperi, Ph.D., and Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Chief Data Scientist, UF Health, Jiang Bian, Ph.D., were awarded the Syngenta North America Environmental Safety Strategic Science Enabling (ESSSE) initiative for 2023. This grant will support their study entitled “Twitter…

Welcome our Fall 2022 Ph.D. Students

Adaeze Anamege Adaeze Anamege Mentor: Dr. Kelly Gurka What do you look forward to most as a future epidemiologist and your career in epidemiology? I am mostly looking forward to contributing to the health and well-being of women and children, especially in underserved areas in the US but mostly in…

UF to lead community-engaged research network for the All of Us Research Program

The University of Florida has received $1.86 million in initial funding from the National Institutes of Health to create a network that engages researchers from diverse backgrounds in the All of Us Research Program. All of Us is an NIH program designed to advance precision medicine, an approach that takes into account individual factors…

Two Epidemiology Alumni awarded the PHHP Outstanding Alumni 2022

The College of Public Health and Health Professions is proud to recognize 13 graduates with the 2022 Outstanding Alumni Awards. They will be recognized at a celebration on October 15 during PHHP Alumni Reunion. Two of our very own Epidemiology Alumni, Diana Rojas Alvarez, and Steve Gold were awarded the…

Dr. Mattia Prosperi received the R01 grant

Mattia Prosperi, Ph.D., along with Dr. Marco Salemi, Ph.D., received the R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to build …

Alumna Sadaf Milani honored for Alzheimer’s and aging research

Sadaf Milani, Ph.D., M.P.H., a graduate of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions doctorate in epidemiology and master’s in public health programs, has received the 2022 Early Career Investigator Award from the Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Group of the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to…