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USF team applies lessons learned from Senegal health care project

Can helping women of a small, poor African country with a high illiteracy rate also benefit others beyond its borders?

December 12, 2025Research and Innovation

USF researcher addresses a growing crisis: Health care worker burnout

Imagine you’re a nurse or emergency responder in Florida when an outbreak of infectious disease collides with the aftermath of a hurricane.

December 12, 2025Community Health Sciences, Research and Innovation

USF scientist publishes report on how to take the bite out of malaria

Infectious diseases don’t recognize borders and despite international health care efforts, the mosquito-borne parasite Plasmodium falciparum remains a lethal scourge as it spreads malaria across the globe.

December 11, 2025Epidemiology, Research and Innovation

Health beyond hospital walls

For Dr. Aihinoria Olisa, the journey from Nigeria to USF’s College of Public Health (COPH) was both personal and purposeful.

December 2, 2025Alumni and Development, Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences

Dr. Yehia Y. Hammad passed away Nov. 18, 2025. For over fifty years, Dr. Hammad advanced the fields of environmental and occupational health. He served as Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and as a longtime professor at the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College of Public Health.

December 1, 2025Awards and Honors

USF students compete to launch experiments aboard the International Space Station

More than 3,700 students across North America competed to design experiments for launch aboard the International Space Station — and in USF’s first official year participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP), an interdisciplinary competition open to all colleges, USF students joined forces and answered the call.

December 1, 2025Research and Innovation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of marketing. From content creation and automation to audience segmentation and predictive modeling, AI offers powerful tools for improving efficiency and personalization. But in social marketing, where the goal is not profit but behavior change for social good, our relationship with AI must be more intentional, more critical, and more human-centered or human-inspired.

November 24, 2025Research and Innovation

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists in more than 40 countries dedicated to advancing pandemic preparedness through research, education and training, and global health solutions, today issued a statement on the emergence of a new influenza A (H3N2) variant known as H3N2 subclade K that is spreading rapidly and may contribute to a more intense flu season worldwide. Public health agencies in the United Kingdom, several countries across Europe, Japan, and parts of North America have reported sharp week-over-week increases in cases driven by this subclade, signaling accelerated global spread.

November 21, 2025College News

USF students lead innovations in youth health and disease monitoring at APHA

Several students from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) shared their work at the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo, one of the field’s most influential gatherings. Among those presenting, three students Emily Walsh, Molly Joyce and Spuritha Bhandaru were highlighted for their innovative research addressing public health priorities affecting communities locally and nationally.

November 21, 2025Research and Innovation, Student Life

Bridging borders and disciplines: USF Health hosts 2025 Interprofessional Education Day

More than 1,200 participants joined in person and online at the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Marshall Student Center on Nov. 12 for USF Health’s annual celebration of teamwork and collaboration, an event where disciplines collide and real-world health solutions take shape.

November 20, 2025College News

Converting an internship to fellowship

Rajkotwala graduated from the COPH in May with a bachelor of science in public health, a concentration in global health and minors in environmental health and infection control. She credits faculty at the COPH with nurturing her interests. It was also at COPH where she first heard about the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) internship.

November 20, 2025Alumni and Development

Corridor partnership expands undergraduate research and advances experiential learning at USF

The Florida High Tech Corridor and USF Research & Innovation are expanding opportunities for undergraduate research across the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, funding programs in all 14 colleges, USF St. Petersburg, and Undergraduate Studies for 2025–26. Through the continued Corridor Undergraduate Research Initiative, more than 200 students will gain hands-on, faculty-mentored research experience in disciplines ranging from engineering and artificial intelligence to public health, education, sustainability, and the arts.

November 18, 2025College News