Helping The Most Vulnerable
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…
HOP Chair Featured in UF Health Newsletter
The Post, UF Health’s monthly newsletter, featured Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., in the “Distinctions” section of the May edition, honoring her appointment as national co-chair of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s PCORnet Pediatrics Collaborative Research Group. The group will help the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute set national priorities for pediatric research…
HOP Faculty Awarded Pilot Grant to Develop Diabetes Mentoring Program for Youth
While low socioeconomic status is known to negatively affect children with Type 1 Diabetes, little is known about the underlying causes of such disparities.
HOP Faculty Member Invited to Participate in NIH Training Program for Implementation Science
Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., was invited to participate in the University of California San Francisco’s Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE) program.