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鈥婽he editorial reflects on the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Journal's nearly 30-year commitment to advancing MCH. It emphasizes the journal's role in fostering a community dedicated to science and practice.
April 11, 2025Community Health Sciences, In the Media
USF researcher explores link between illness in pregnancy and cognitive development of newborns
Respiratory viruses are a major cause of early childhood illness, hospitalization and death around the world. Work by a team that includes a researcher at USF鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH) could lead to countless lives saved.
March 7, 2025Community Health Sciences, Research and Innovation
Alumna Delaenam Akahoho's path to public health
Delaenam Akahoho, a proud double Bull alumna of USF鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH), has charted a path from her childhood. Growing up in Okeechobee, Fla., Akahoho鈥檚 experiences with community and public health challenges have shaped her commitment to improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations.
March 7, 2025Alumni and Development, Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology
Empowering the future: COPH鈥檚 Maternal and Child Health Symposium inspires change
The COPH's Maternal and Child Health Student Organization is set to host its annual symposium, themed 鈥淣urturing the Next Generation: A Collaborative Approach to Maternal and Child Well-Being.鈥�
March 7, 2025College News, Community Health Sciences, Student Life
Becoming a public health analyst
YaMaya Barley鈥檚 journey into becoming a double Bull at USF鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH) is a story of passion, perseverance and a deep commitment to improving the well-being of communities. Originally from Rochester, N.Y., but raised in Tampa, Fla., Barley鈥檚 academic and professional path has been shaped by her desire to make a difference in public health.
February 24, 2025Alumni and Development, Community Health Sciences
Emily Walsh makes history as the first 猫咪视频app awarded with the Vincent Jackson Community Champion Award
Emily Walsh is a recent graduate from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) with a BSPH and a double minor in women and gender studies and global studies in diversity and education.
January 24, 2025Awards and Honors, Community Health Sciences, Student Life
USF professor shines light on men鈥檚 often misunderstood roles in maternal support in Senegal
How do women and men in poor countries educate themselves about pregnancy and childbirth? Do health care organizations give them enough accurate information to bring a baby safely into the world? Just as important, what are the 鈥渞oles鈥欌�� of the mother and father in the delivery of a newborn?
January 10, 2025Community Health Sciences, Research and Innovation
Celebrate the inaugural Black Maternal Health Week at the COPH
The COPH is part of global effort to eliminate Black maternal mortality with a week of events centered on the reproductive and birth justice movements. The initiative aims to amplify Black voices and experiences and foster dialogue for the health and well-being of Black mothers and birthing people.
March 22, 2024College News, Community Engagement
How do we provide supportive care throughout pregnancy? MCHSO aims to address this question at annual symposium
The COPH's Maternal Child Health Student Organization will host its 15th annual spring symposium this year from March 21-22. This year鈥檚 event titled, 鈥淪upportive Care Throughout Pregnancy: How We All Come Together," centers on how everyone has a part to play in ensuring mothers, birthing people and children are equitably cared for to become well and flourish.
February 23, 2024Community Engagement, Research and Innovation, Student Life
Dr. Bill Sappenfield receives Title V Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Bill Sappenfield, who recently retired from the USF College of Public Health, has received the Title V Lifetime Achievement Award.
February 12, 2024Awards and Honors, College News
One postdoc鈥檚 journey from MCH fellowship to the CDC
Dr. Megan Barry recently completed a postdoctoral MCH fellowship with the COPH. The fellowship is a two-year program on research pertaining to maternal/infant health, child/adolescent health, women鈥檚 health, sexual/reproductive health, family/community violence and unintentional injury.
January 29, 2024Awards and Honors, College News
Dr. Donna Petersen retires as dean of COPH
Effective this month, Dr. Donna Petersen, the fourth dean of the USF College of Public Health, (COPH), will be retiring from her leadership role at the 猫咪视频app after 19 years of extraordinary service.
January 8, 2024College News