Ramzi G. Salloum, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was the lead author on a paper, “Cigarette price and other factors associated with brand loyalty in Zambia,” published by Tobacco Control in a supplement on the Economics of Tobacco Control in July 2015.
An article by HOP faculty, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, and Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, was featured on the monthly podcast for The American Journal of Public Health with Alfredo Morabia,…
A statewide partnership among the University of Florida, University of Miami, Florida State University, health care systems, health plans, providers and patients was approved for a three-year, $7.9 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to support patient-centered health care research throughout Florida…
Are you planning on ramping up your exercise regimen this summer? There may not be an app for that — at least not a reliable one.
“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…
Increasing state alcohol taxes could prevent thousands of deaths a year from car crashes, say University of Florida Health researchers, who found alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes decreased after taxes on beer, wine and spirits went up in Illinois. A team of UF Health researchers discovered that fatal alcohol-related car crashes…
