June 24, 2021: UF’s EPI is partnering with Gainesville-based tech company SurfPlasma, Inc. to test a new device’s ability to kill pathogens — even the celestial kinds. Read more from UF EPI’s story here. Department: Department of Environmental and Global Health John Lednicky…
“Genome Sequence of a Yunnan Orbivirus Isolated from a Dead Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)” a paper from the Lednicky Lab was published in the American Society for Microbiology’s Microbiology Resource Announcements.
Karen Coker, Ph.D. in Public Health (One Health) student, and Tyler Nesbit, a Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences Ph.D. student, have been selected for funding through the CTSI TL1 predoctoral training program. Andrew Rainey, another Ph.D. in Public Health (One Health) student, and Lisa Emerson, a Department of Microbiology…
Helena Chapman serves as Associate Program Manager for Health and Air Quality Applications in the Applied Sciences Program (Booz Allen Hamilton) of the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters. In this focus area, her team promotes the use of Earth observation data in public health applications, related to air quality…
Dr. Chris Martyniuk, an associate professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, and Dr. Joseph Bisesi, an assistant professor in the UF College of Health and Health Professions’ department of environmental and global health, are collaborating in a new project sponsored by the National Institutes of…
The current vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2 has many challenging aspects, one of which is maintaining the cold chain for the distribution, delivery, and storage of available vaccines and guaranteeing that their full titre is retained for administration. Although outstanding technology for vaccine development has enabled products to be put on…
The College of Public Health and Health Professions has selected Dr. Sarah White, an alumna of our PhD in Public Health One Health program, as a 2020 Outstanding Alumni. Read more about her background here.
Mirna Amaya, One Health Ph.D. student, Lindsey Laytner, a recent EGH graduate, and Karoun Bagamian, EGH affiliate faculty, contributed to a recently published article concerning the cause of moderate to severe diarrhoea in children under five. The article titled, “Burden of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and shigella non-fatal diarrheal infections in…
Wednesday, April 4th, the Department of Environmental and Global Health celebrated Environmental Health Day. This day is recognized nation-wide as part of National Public Health Week. Students in the department collaborated with Public Health Student Association (PHSA) to organize a tabling event in the college’s courtyard. Students could…
Dr. Liz Wood, PhD, recently published an article titled “Household decision-making around food in rural Tajikistan: a cross-sectional study to help extension workers in the field” in Food & Nutrition Research. Dr. Wood co-wrote the article with Katharine McNamara, a PhD student in the Department of Environmental and Global Health,…
“If their animals die, these people can’t eat. They can’t afford to take their kids to school. They can’t afford medicine. We want to help protect their livelihoods.” – Emi Moore Moore presents work at EPI Research day after return from Uganda. On January 26th, Emi Moore, traveled from Gainesville, Florida to the…
One Health PhD Student, Rebecca Austin-Datta, was recently invited to join the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a Science Ambassador. This fellowship is highly coveted, with 174 applications submitted from 34 states and 5 countries in this cycle alone. Rebecca is 1 of 30 applicants who was…
Accepting applications now! Starting Fall 2017, students pursuing our MHS One Health degree will have the option of the traditional, on-campus curriculum or our new fully online program. Click here to learn more about the program and review admission requirements. Please email us at egh-programs@phhp.ufl.edu with any questions you may…
CDC in partnership with NIOSH awards PHHP a nearly $10 million, five-year grant to support the new Southeastern and Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, to be directed by J. Glenn Morris, Emerging Pathogens Institute (left). The new Center will address the unique occupational safety and health challenges of…
On December 15, 2013, Mary Leigh Morris, Tia Williams, and Lauren Stevenson became the University of Florida’s first graduates of the Master of Health Sciences (MHS) in Environmental and Global Health with a concentration in One Health. This is the only One Health Masters degree program in the United States. …
Each year, HealthBegins and other organizational partners recognize students who have demonstrated passion and achievement in the pursuit of social justice and health equity. EGH PhD student, Helena Chapman, will be awarded a Student Health Activist honorable mention for her work organizing medical students in the Dominican Republic to form Organizacion…
Drs. Glenn and Debbie Morris recently hosted their annual barbecue for Certificate of One Health students, UF faculty, and staff. This year, 48 students from 22 countries enrolled in the One Health Certificate courses. The countries represented by this diverse student group include Bangladesh, Canada, Cambodia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Iraq, Jordan,…
Assistant Professor Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Gainesville, FL 32610 tbwaltzek@ufl.edu CV Education PhD, Comparative Pathology, University of California, Davis, 2010 DVM, University of California, Davis, 2009 MS, Ecology, University of California, Davis, 2002 BS, Biological Science, Florida State University, 1998…
What is “One Health?” “One Health is an approach that recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment. One Health is not new, but it has become more important in recent years. This is because many factors have changed interactions…
The PhD in Public Health, One Health concentration will require a minimum of 90 post-baccalaureate credit hours. The One Health concentration is a research-oriented health degree that emphasizes working across public health, veterinary health, and environmental health disciplines to tackle difficult health problems. This program is designed to bridge the…
Application Requirements The following criteria must be met to be considered for admission to the MPH program: Bachelor’s or equivalent degree At least a 3.0 GPA for the last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework. Graduate Record Exam (GRE) with a minimum score of 300 English proficiency examination ** English Proficiency **…
The PhD in Public Health with a concentration in Environmental Health is offered by the Department of Environmental and Global Health in the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida. The Environmental Health Concentration prepares students for the rigors of independent scientific investigation and leadership roles in the…
Current PHD Students Environmental HealthStart DateAdvisorSakib, Sk NazmusFall 2019AliManrique, AndresFall 2018Sabo-AttwoodO’Connor, AmberFall 2020Sabo-AttwoodPunch, BiancaFall 2021LiangWu, XueFall 2022LinPei-Yu WuFall 2022LinDonaldson, JessicaFall 2022BisesiParo, Fevi RoseFall 2022LiangConnell, MackenzieFall 2022BakerDavour, RoselynFall 2023Colon-BurgosZhang, ZhichengFall 2023LinCurrent PHD Students One-HealthStart DateAdvisorAcosta, DanielFall 2020McKune…
