Advancing Health Research
HOP Pre-doctoral Candidate Presents at APHA Meeting
Martin Wegman, a pre-doctoral fellow in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and M.D.-Ph.D. candidate at the University of Florida, was one of three student finalists invited to give an oral presentation at the 2016 Applied Public Health Statistics Section (APHS) Student Competition. The APHS is part of…
Gurka to Serve on Editorial Board of The Journal of Pediatrics
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., was invited to serve a three-year term on the editorial board of The Journal of Pediatrics beginning January 1, 2017.
Hogan Elected to American College of Medical Informatics
William Hogan, M.D., was elected to membership in the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), a distinction that is considered one of the highest honors in the field of medical informatics.
New Biomedical Informatics Ph.D. Approved
The Department of Health Outcomes & Policy’s Ph.D. in Medical Sciences with a concentration in Biomedical Informatics was approved by the UF Graduate School on September 15. …
HOP Researcher Calls for Increased Research on Waterpipe in AJPH Commentary
Pointing to an alarming rise in the number of U.S. youths who use a waterpipe, or hookah, to smoke tobacco, Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., and two Florida-based public health researchers, are calling for more research to support recent government efforts to regulate the tobacco use method. Salloum, assistant professor…