Past Events
| 1/9 | Special January orientation featuring Sam Bell Esq. Founder of the College (VIDEO) (Photos) |
| 1/12 | Distinguished Alumni Panel featuring Community and Family Health PhD Alumnae, Dr. Lauren Zapata and Dr. Danice Eaton from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Title: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Overview and Selected Results from 2007 National YRBS AND Title2: Overview of Select Reproductive Health Activities at the CDC: Tales from a Recent USF Graduate. |
| 1/23 | Dean’s Lecture: Dr. Frank Brocato, Employers Health Coalition of Tampa, Title: A Healthy Employee is a Productive Employee: The Impact of Health and Wellness Programs in the Workplace (Absenteeism vs. Presenteeism) Video at Dean’s Lecture Website |
| 1/19-30 | National Library of Medicine Exhibit: Against All Odds and Reception (Photos) |
FEBRUARY
| 2/20 | at 10 am at Shimberg Health Sciences Library USF Health Research Day featuring Distinguished USF Health Professor Dr. Carol Bryant Title: You gotta have heart! (By Invitation only) |
| 2/25 | Dean’s Lecture: Dr. Qi Dai, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University. Title: Personalized Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
| 2/26 | Florida Public Service Career Fair |
| 2/27 | USF Confucius Institute First Anniversary Event |
MARCH
| 3/12 | at noon, Dean’s Lecture: Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, Director of NIH Supported Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance within CIDRAP. Title: “Pandemic Influenza: Public Health Waterloo”. Location: COPH Auditorium 1023C Video at Dean’s Lecture Website |
| 3/18 | Sarasota Friends of the College Reception. Contact: Doug Kerr at dkerr@health.usf.edu |
| 3/25 – 4/3 | National Public Health Week Celebrations |
| 3/25 & 3/26 | Mini Great American Teach-in Service Event. Kick Butts Day. Contact: Ellen Kent ekent@health.usf.edu Part of COPH National Public Health Week Celebrations |
| 3/26 | at Alumni Center 6-8:30 pm: Physicians for Social Responsibility/COPH are co-sponsoring a Panel on Climate Change and Threats to Healthy Living: The State of the Science and Practical Solutions for Intervention. Moderator: Dr. Donna Petersen. Contact: Marybeth Palmigiano 978-376-9985 or mpalmigiano@psr.org |
| 3/27 | at 11-1 pm COPH Wellness Day: Talk 11-12 noon: “10 year younger” by Steven Masley, MD, FAAFP, CNS, CCD, President and Medical Director, Masley Optimal Health Center COPH Aud. 1023A. 12-1 pm: Fitness Walk Run Location: Chiles Center Courtyard Contact: Christina Bernandotte (813) 974-1073 Part of COPH National Public Health Week Celebrations. |
| 3/28 | at 9 am Hillsborough River State Park – Healthy Floridian Month with Hillsborough County Health Department. Part of COPH National Public Health Week Celebrations |
| 3/30 | COPH Research Day, Time: 11-1 pm Location: COPH Atrium Part of COPH National Public Health Week Celebrations Contact: Ellen Kent at ekent@health.usf.edu |
| 3/31 | USF Student Health Services Fair at 10:30 am to 2:00 pm at SVC building, USF Tampa Campus. Part of COPH National Public Health Week Celebrations Contact: Michelle Hodge at 974-6665 or mhodge@health.usf.edu |
April
| 3/25 – 4/3 | National Public Health Week Celebrations |
| 4/1 | from 2-5 pm COPH Annual Awards Ceremony and Friends and Alumni Reception. Contact: Peggy Smith at msmith3@health.usf.edu Location: COPH Auditorium Image Gallery |
| 4/2 | Florida Blood Services Blood Drive 11-6 pm Location: COPH Entrance Contact: Ellen Kent at ekent@health.usf.edu |
| 4/3 | Public Health Leaders Panel 10 am Location COPH Auditorium Topic: Public Health Research and Practice. Moderator: Drs. Donna Petersen and Wilbus Milhous Dean’s Lecture: Dr. Bernard Nahlen, Deputy Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative. Location: COPH Auditorium 1023A COPH Open House 1:30 pm Tours of the ERC and COPH lab tours begin at 2 pm. Contact: Michelle Hodge at 974-6665 or mhodge@health.usf.edu Relay for Life Student Service Event. 6 pm. Location: USF Soccer Stadium Contact: Ellen Kent at ekent@health.usf.edu |
| 4/4 | COPH Faculty, Staff, Student and Alumni Family Picnic. 11-2 pm Location: USF Riverfront Park. Contact: Wendy Morales at wmorales@health.usf.edu Image Gallery |
| 4/7 | World Health Day. Program TBA. Contact: Ellen Kent at ekent@health.usf.edu |
| 4/23 | Dean’s Lecture: Health Disparities in America: The Challenge of Ethics and Professionalism by Warren A. Jones MD, FAAFP |
| 4/24 | COPH Film Festival, CPH 1023A |
May
| 5/1 | 3:00 pm, COPH Auditorium – Spring 2009 Graduation Ceremony and Reception |
| 5/2 | 6:00 pm, USF Sun Dome – Spring 2009 COPH Graduation – Mrs. Rhea Chiles receives the President’s Distinguished Citizen Award |
| 5/15 | 12:00 pm, Dean’s Lecture – Dr. Cheryl Healton – “Building a Legacy of Truth: David versus Goliath in the Tobacco Wars” |
| 5/22 | 12:00 pm, Dean’s Lecture – Dr. Balbir Singh – “Malaria, Monkeys, Man, and Malaysia” |
June
| 6/15 | 12:00 pm, Dean’s Lecture – Dr. David Redden – “Will the Largest Confounder Please Stand Up” |
| 6/30 | 8 am – 12 pm, Healthy Water Webcast - In collaboration with The University of Michigan Public Health Training Center and The Florida Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health |
July
| There are no 25th anniversary events scheduled in this month |
August
| 8/5 | 12:15 pm - FPHA Annual College of Public Health Luncheon. Image Gallery. 6:00 pm – 25th Anniversary Celebration Reception at the Annual Florida Public Health Association Meeting. Image Gallery. |
| 8/21 | 8:00 am – Fall 2009 Student Orientation |
| 8/27 | 10:30 am, COPH 1023A – Dean’s Lecture – ““Celebrating 25 Years of Public Health at USF” - Congresswoman Kathy Castor. Video at Deans Lecture Website |
September
| 9/22 | 1:00 pm - 11th Annual Lawton Chiles Lecture, Guest Speaker - Eduardo Enrique Castilla, MD, PhD; Coordinator of the Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC); distinguished researcher with the National Research Council of Argentina, the National Research Council of Brazil, and a Full Professor of Genetics at the Instituto Universitario Cemic, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
October
| 10/2 | 12:00 pm, COPH 1023A – Dean’s Lecture – “Preparation for Human Flights to Mars: An Integration of Occupational and Aerospace Medicine” – Dr. Roy DeHart, Medical Director, Vanderbilt Corporate Health Services. Video at Deans Lecture Website |
| 10/12 | 10:30 am, COPH 1023A – Dean’s Lecture – ““Cell Phones and Telephone Surveys - New Biases and New Challenges” - Stephen J. Blumberg, PhD, Senior Scientist, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Video at Deans Lecture Website |
| 10/13 | 4-6 pm - USF COPH Length of Service Celebration, COPH Auditorium. Image Gallery. |
| 10/16 | 12 pm, COPH 1023A – Dean’s Lecture – “Geographic Variation in Healthcare Expenditures: What's Different About Florida?” - Dr. Jonathan Skinner, John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in Economics, and Professor with the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Dartmouth Medical School. Video at Deans Lecture Website. |
| 10/20 | Unstoppable USF Campaign Kickoff and Flu shots. Image Gallery. |
| 10/23 | COPH Community Flu Shot Drive. Image Gallery. |