Since Uswa Jafary was young, she had always dreamed of a world where environmental and animal welfare thrived as one. Little did she know, she would be chasing those same aspirations today, but in a different way than she imagined. The 27-year-old student grew up in the Kashmir region in…
Moving across the world to pursue his dreams, Ibsa Ahmed has paved the way for success and broader change in Ethiopia’s rural regions. Hailing from Dire Dawa in Eastern Ethiopia, Ahmed first took interest in public health after feeling a strong pull toward work that creates a positive change on…
by: Jenny Rogers Four years into his Ph.D. program, University of Florida Department of Environmental and Global Health student Daniel Acosta has never felt more sure of his role in the public health field. The 32-year-old student from Barranquilla, Colombia, moved to the United States in 2017…
by: Jenny Rogers Army captain, environmental scientist and University of Florida student Andrew Satterlee is a jack of all trades. The 37-year-old has been enrolled in the Master of Public Health in Environmental Health program within the UF Department of Environmental and Global Health at the College of Public Health…
Dr. Eric Coker was featured in UFIC’s Office for Global Research Development’s International Research Spotlight! Click here to read. Dr. Coker recently completed a Global Health Fellowship where he conducted a study in Kampala, Uganda examining the relationship between air pollution and respiratory symptoms in children.
Dr. Tara Sabo-Attwood delivered a keynote talk titled “Don’t Let Your Defenses Down: A Role for Environmental Chemicals in Infectious Disease Susceptibility” at the Society of Toxicology and Chemistry Africa 10th Biennial Conference on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021. Click the link above to read more about Dr. Sabo-Attwood’s biography and a…
“The phone call came in late one night last year. On the outskirts of Gressier, Haiti, two children were ill. The nurses for MotoMeds, a pediatric call center and mobile medicine delivery service run as a University of Florida research initiative, asked crucial questions about the children’s symptoms. The principal…
A study led by Dr. Sarah McKune on the impact of a culturally-tailored behavior change strategy on egg consumption in young children in Burkina Faso has completed, and results are forthcoming. They are pleased to announce publication of their protocol, study design, and baseline findings in a new article published…
Dr. Andy Kane, Deputy Director for the Southeastern Coastal NIOSH Ag Center and Associate Professor and Director of the Aquatic Pathobiology Laboratory, visits House and Senate representatives to discuss opportunities to support workers engaged in agriculture, fisheries and forestry within the Center’s Southeast region. (February, 2020)…
This spring, three of our MHS in One Health students completed their Capstone Research Experience and presented about their experiences and findings to faculty, staff, and students in the department. This project is the final piece of the MHS curriculum and is typically completed during the last semester…
