We welcome you to join our efforts to improve Workplace and Community Engagement. This committee is open to anyone from the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI).
Current & Upcoming Events
February is American Heart Month. Wear red on the first Friday of February to show your support.
volunteer
Ronald McDonald Visiting Chef Program
We welcome HOBI faculty, staff and students to coordinate a small group (4) to prepare a dinner for the Ronald McDonald House.
Volunteer
Peaceful Paths Shelter and Services
Peaceful Paths is the certified domestic violence center serving Alachua, Bradford and Union Counties in North Central Florida.
Support
Food4Kids Backpacks
The Food4Kids Backpack Program of North Florida fills backpacks with nonperishable food and distributes them to students in need, from kindergarten through high school.
Support
Florida Diabetes Camp
Florida Diabetes Camp is committed to enhancing the lives of children with diabetes through education, recreation, and support. With your support, they can continue offering these invaluable, life-changing experiences to all children with diabetes.
Striving to Make a Difference
We support efforts, within our office and our community, to build a better world for all. Join us and make new connections.
Join Us
We welcome you to join our efforts to improve Workplace and Community Engagement. Our committee meetings occur on the third Tuesday of every month at 4 p.m., via Zoom. If you would like to receive the invitation to join our monthly meetings, please email Nicole Hammer.
Contacts
Dominick Lemas Ph.D.
Nicole C Hammer B.A., MPH Candidate
What We Do
The Workplace and Community Engagement Committee is a faculty, staff, and student-run committee that is dedicated to improving our workplace and community through respect, inclusion, representation, accessibility, and fairness. Our goal is to foster practices and departmental policies that are conducive to a supportive and healthy work climate. We aim to attract, retain, support, and advance heterogenous groups in our student body, workforce, and leadership.
We offer workshops and professional development training, seminar sessions with community organization leaders, and education for future leadership in the field of health outcomes and biomedical informatics. Our committee strives to maintain accountability, transparency, and diligence in our sustained focus on improving our workplace and meaningfully engaging with our greater Gainesville community. This involves defining goals and metrics annually and assessing our performance. We continuously invite feedback and critiques from our committee to ensure we our constantly refining our methods to maximize the promotion of practices and departmental policies that foster respect, inclusion, representation, accessibility, and fairness.
Organizations We Support
- The Ronald McDonald House of North Central Florida has been providing a home-away-from-home for families with hospitalized seriously ill children since 1982. https://rmhcncf.org/
- Volunteers are needed for the Visiting Chef Program.
- Peaceful Paths is the certified domestic violence center serving Alachua, Bradford and Union Counties in North Central Florida. https://www.peacefulpaths.org/
- The Food4Kids Backpack Program of North Florida fills backpacks with nonperishable food and distributes them to students in need, from kindergarten through high school. https://food4kidsfl.org/
- The Florida Diabetes Camp helps children with diabetes by offering a safe, fun, and empowering environment where campers learn diabetes management, build friendships, and gain confidence. https://floridadiabetescamp.org
Now through December 17, 2024
HOBI Holiday Donation Drive Supporting Peaceful Paths
Join us in supporting more than 200 families this December by donating an item on the Peaceful Paths high needs wishlist now through December 17.
Wellness at UF
The College of Medicine maintains a list of vital resources, available to all, to support wellness in a number of areas. Also visit UF Health and Wellness Resources.
Some additional UF resources are included below.
For more information and a comprehensive list of available UF resources, visit U Matter, We Care.
If you are in an emergency or need immediate help, please contact UFPD by calling 911.
For non-emergencies, you can contact UFPD at 352-392-1111 and U Matter, We Care at umatter@ufl.edu.