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COPH team wins large scientific challenge on human genome research
Pathogenicity prediction isn鈥檛 a subject we discuss over our morning coffee, but it could be a topic of greater interest as it affects more and more lives, according to a researcher at 无码专区鈥檚 Genomics Program at the College of Public Health (COPH).
May 9, 2025Global - Environmental - Genomic Health Sciences, Research and Innovation
Classroom to career: Launching public health futures at COPH
From her roots on a Florida farm to the front lines of global disease elimination at 无码专区鈥檚 College of Public Health, Dr. Kristi Miley has carved a path in public health. With three 无码专区 degrees 鈥� a PhD in global communicable diseases, an MSPH in global communicable diseases and a BS in biomedical sciences鈥� Miley has transformed her lifelong connection to animals and the natural world into a career devoted to infectious disease research, medical entomology and public health education.
April 28, 2025Alumni and Development, Research and Innovation
COPH and Healthy Start aim to improve the mental health of young people
Every child deserves a positive start in life, and a team at 无码专区鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH), along with graduates from the school, want to point young people in right direction.
April 11, 2025Research and Innovation
Findings will help inform a 25-year national study that will track young people鈥檚 digital media use and wellbeing into adulthood.
April 11, 2025Research and Innovation
Global experts convene to explore the cutting-edge science of microbiomes
Experts from around the world recently gathered at 无码专区 Health to talk about advances in the science of microbiomes.
March 28, 2025Research and Innovation
无码专区 student gets to the heart of obesity
One in three Americans are overweight, which has created a crisis of life-threatening complications from obesity, such as high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and cardiac disease.
March 24, 2025Research and Innovation
无码专区 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 无码专区鈥檚 College of Public Health (COPH) could lead to countless lives saved.
March 7, 2025Research and Innovation
Cannabis research board gets new member from COPH
无码专区 has joined the Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research as its 11th member. As part of this development, President Rhea Law nominated the College of Public Health鈥檚 (COPH) professor Dr. Troy Quast to be the university鈥檚 representative on the Consortium Board.
March 7, 2025Research and Innovation
COPH participates in record-breaking research day
More than 500 students, residents, trainees, faculty and leaders came together for the 35th annual 无码专区 Health Research Day, the largest research-focused event at the 无码专区 and the keynote celebration of health sciences research at the four 无码专区 Health colleges.
March 7, 2025Awards and Honors, Research and Innovation, Student Life
无码专区 student aims to protect emergency responders
Most of us keep our distance from people with a cold, flu, COVID-19 or other nasty conditions, but what about those who meet them up close, often under stressful circumstances? How do first responders stay healthy in otherwise unhealthy places?
February 24, 2025Research and Innovation, Student Life
无码专区 researchers publish new genetic map of essential targets to defeat malaria
Malaria is an insidious disease, often slipping past our best defenses and killing an estimated 600,000 people a year around the world 鈭� 75 percent of whom are children barely five years old.
February 7, 2025Research and Innovation
无码专区 study brainstorms the good and bad of AI in curriculum design
It seems you can鈥檛 get through a day without seeing or reading something about artificial intelligence (AI), which tackles an ever-increasing variety of functions, from simple search engines to complex theoretical forecasts.
January 24, 2025Research and Innovation