Advancing Health Research
Local Newspaper Features HOP Expert on Risks of Smoking Hookah
Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., was featured as an expert in the article “Research shows hookah may not be the safe alternative to cigarettes after all,” in the Independent Florida Alligator.
HOP Study Shows an Increase in Alcohol Tax Appears to Have Decreased Gonorrhea Rates in Maryland by 24 Percent
Increasing state alcohol taxes could help prevent sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, according to University of Florida Health researchers, who found that gonorrhea rates decreased by 24 percent in Maryland after the state increased its sales tax on alcohol in 2011. Read the full release here.
Delcher Selected to Present on Florida’s Prescription Drug Epidemic Trends at the Annual RX Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit
The National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit has selected Chris Delcher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, for a panel discussion at the summit on March 28-31 in Atlanta, Georgia. The annual summit is the largest national meeting of professionals impacted by prescription…
Cardel and Modave Receive a UF CTSI Pilot Project Award to Create App for Diabetes and Obesity
François Modave, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, and...
HOP Faculty Member’s Article Reaches Readership of 16 Million People
An article published in The Journal of Nutrition featured results from a research team led by Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was picked up in August by Medical News Today, which has an average of 16 million page…
HOP Faculty Has Two Papers Accepted to the Global Wordnet Conference
Amanda Hicks, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, had two papers accepted to the Global Wordnet Conference, which will be held in Bucharest, Romania, January 27-30. Hicks is the first author of the paper “An Analysis of WordNet’s Coverage of Gender Identity…
Summer Presentations on NIH-funded Project with the Cherokee Nation Well Received
Kelli Komro, Ph.D., former associate director of the Institute for Child Health Policy at UF, and other members of her research team from the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy discussed preliminary results of their five-year, NIH-funded community-based trial, which aims to reduce underage alcohol use in rural Oklahoma…