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 | 6-8 pm, Vista Room ; PGA National Resort and Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, FL – USF COPH 25th Anniversary Celebration Reception at the Annual FPHA Meeting |
| 8/27 | 10:30 am, COPH 1023 – 25th Anniversary Celebration - Representative Kathy Castor Video at Deans Lecture Website |
September
| 9/22 | 1:00-2:30 pm – COPH 1023 – 11th Annual Chiles International 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 |