“Diabetes is like a ‘speed bump’ — it slows you down for an instance but does not stop you from reaching your destination.”-Male, 18, Living with T1D 11 years If a picture is worth a thousand words, UF Health Type 1 diabetes researchers and their colleagues have tapped into…
Even though a safe HPV vaccine is available that can prevent several types of cancer, less than half of American teens youth in the U.S. receive the vaccine. Now a team of researchers, including four from the University of Florida Institute for Child Health Policy, has increased…
The Society for Prevention Research and the American Indian and Alaska Native Coordinating Committee of the National Institute on Drug Abuse have selected Brady Garrett, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and counseling psychologist intern with Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health, to receive money towards the…
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, has been inducted into the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Delta Omega, the honorary society of public health. “Dr. Delcher has shown a long-term commitment to public health from his work in the Virginia Department of Health…
Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was selected to receive a University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship, which recognizes faculty who have established a distinguished record of research and scholarship. Shenkman was specifically commended for her key role in the university’s research enterprise…
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., will give an oral presentation, “Type 1 Diabetes through Two Lenses: Comparing Adolescent and Parental Perspectives....
A recent Cochrane Review examining the most effective policies for promoting health in schools, which was co-authored by Kelli A. Komro, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, has been ranked as the third most downloaded Cochrane Review for 2014. The review, published online in April 2014,…
Keith Muller, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, and his co-investigator Deborah H. Glueck, Ph.D., associate professor of...
The biomedical informatics certificate, a 15-credit, on-campus program, was approved by the University of Florida Graduate School on Nov. 20. The interdisciplinary program brings in courses from across the University of Florida campus to familiarize students with the foundational concepts they need for the growing field of biomedical informatics. The…
