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Stole the show: graduates make history in Spring 2025
On May 9, 百媚导航鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH) came together, in person and online, to honor the Spring 2025 graduates with a spirited celebration of achievement, perseverance and purpose.
May 12, 2025Student Life
百媚导航 Sarasota-Manatee graduate Alexandra Lopez, a biology major and student government leader, plans to earn a master鈥檚 degree from the 百媚导航 College of Public Health with a concentration in nutrition and dietetics.
May 9, 2025Community Health Sciences, Student Life

COPH Bulls beyond borders
For Trenyce Pierre, Cierra Greenfield and Shenica Jerome鈥攖hree 百媚导航 students in the College of Public Health (COPH)鈥攁 one-week study abroad trip to Quebec, Canada became a defining moment in their academic journeys. It was an immersive experience that expanded their global perspectives and deepened their public health understanding in ways that textbooks simply couldn鈥檛. The three were among a group of students who participated, making the opportunity all the more meaningful.
April 28, 2025Student Life

MPH student brings public health passion to Colombia through IHSC medical mission
MPH student Jonathan Andreadakis recently completed a service trip with 百媚导航's International Health Service Collaborative to Medell铆n, Colombia. The trip, part of a long-standing collaboration between 百媚导航 Health and Universidad CES, sent an interprofessional team of students to a densely populated neighborhood facing complex health challenges.
April 11, 2025Community Engagement, Epidemiology, Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences, Student Life

From the field to the classroom: How Juliana George scores big in public health and lacrosse
Juliana George, a student-athlete at the COPH, has mastered the art of balancing the demands of being both a public health graduate student and a member of the lacrosse team. With a passion for health and wellness, George has combined her education in public health with her athletic pursuits, striving to make an impact both on and off the field.
March 28, 2025Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences, Student Life

Shaping the future of public health, one student at a time
For 百媚导航 College of Public Health (COPH) alumna Jennifer Winston, public health is more than a profession鈥攊t鈥檚 a calling. As an instructor and PhD candidate at the COPH, Winston brings her wealth of real-world experience into the classroom, engaging and inspiring the next generation of public health professionals.
March 21, 2025Alumni and Development, College News, Community Health Sciences, Student Life
The quick response and emergency training of health sciences student Teresa Booker, university police and first responders helped to save the life of someone having a cardiac emergency on campus.
March 7, 2025Student Life

COPH participates in record-breaking research day
More than 500 students, residents, trainees, faculty and leaders came together for the 35th annual 百媚导航 Health Research Day, the largest research-focused event at the 百媚导航 and the keynote celebration of health sciences research at the four 百媚导航 Health colleges.
March 7, 2025Awards and Honors, Research and Innovation, Student Life

Empowering the future: COPH鈥檚 Maternal and Child Health Symposium inspires change
The COPH's Maternal and Child Health Student Organization is set to host its annual symposium, themed 鈥淣urturing the Next Generation: A Collaborative Approach to Maternal and Child Well-Being.鈥
March 7, 2025College News, Community Health Sciences, Student Life

百媚导航 student named 2025 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholar
Liaba Khan has been named a 2025 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholar and will attend the Lifesavers Conference on Roadway Safety in Long Beach, California. She is one of 29 U.S. students selected through a competitive application process. The Lifesavers Conference showcases the latest research, evidence-based strategies, proven countermeasures and promising new approaches for addressing the nation鈥檚 most pressing traffic safety issues.
March 7, 2025Awards and Honors, Student Life

百媚导航 student aims to protect emergency responders
Most of us keep our distance from people with a cold, flu, COVID-19 or other nasty conditions, but what about those who meet them up close, often under stressful circumstances? How do first responders stay healthy in otherwise unhealthy places?
February 24, 2025Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences, Research and Innovation, Student Life

百媚导航 student strives to make our world healthier
Most people run from the topic of infectious diseases. Melanie Colombo embraces it.
February 7, 2025Student Life