William Hogan, M.D., M.S, professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, co-authored two papers that were presented at the 2015 International Conference on Biomedical Ontology...
Deina Bossa, a current M.D. candidate and former undergraduate participant in the University Scholars Program with the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was published in the Spring 2015 issue of the University of Florida’s Journal of Undergraduate Research. Her paper, “Explaining State Variation in Medicaid Expenditures,” discusses the…
Heather Morris, Ph.D., assistant research scientist in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, has been invited to give an oral presentation, entitled “Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Collaborative Goal Setting in the Care of the Patients with Diabetes,” at the American Public Health Association’s annual…
Ramzi G. Salloum, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was the lead author on a paper, “Cigarette price and other factors associated with brand loyalty in Zambia,” published by Tobacco Control in a supplement on the Economics of Tobacco Control in July 2015.
An article by HOP faculty, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, and Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, was featured on the monthly podcast for The American Journal of Public Health with Alfredo Morabia,…
Even though a safe HPV vaccine is available that can prevent several types of cancer, less than half of American teens youth in the U.S. receive the vaccine. Now a team of researchers, including four from the University of Florida Institute for Child Health Policy, has increased…
Increasing state alcohol taxes could prevent thousands of deaths a year from car crashes, say University of Florida Health researchers, who found alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes decreased after taxes on beer, wine and spirits went up in Illinois. A team of UF Health researchers discovered that fatal alcohol-related car crashes…
Recent HOP graduate Steve Newell Ph.D., has accepted a fellowship with the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and will be speaking at SPSSI’s new conference, A Road Less Traveled: Forging Links between Psychological Science and…
A recent Cochrane Review examining the most effective policies for promoting health in schools, which was co-authored by Kelli A. Komro, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, has been ranked as the third most downloaded Cochrane Review for 2014. The review, published online in April 2014,…
