HOP Education & Students

HOBI student Aditi Patel is the first in the department to earn a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences with a concentration in health outcomes and policy. Read more student highlights here.

Cilia Zayas, MHA, MSF and Ph.D. student in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy (HOP), gave an oral presentation at the 2017 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Research Meeting on how freestanding emergency departments affect the patient population seeking care at nearby academic medical center emergency departments.  This…

Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., is the new director of education and training for the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy (HOP).  Gurka joined UF in 2015 as early childhood preeminent professor with a dual appointment in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and the Anita Zucker Center…

Shannon Taylor, a graduate student in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, will present a poster at the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 77th Scientific Sessions in San Diego in June. The poster, “To Refer or Not to Refer: An Evaluation of Provider-Level Barriers to Diabetes Self-Management Programs,” analyzes…

Martin Wegman, an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awardee and M.D.-Ph.D. candidate at the University of Florida, is lead author of the first study to demonstrate that compulsory drug detention centers (CDDCs)—widely used in Asia and Southeast Asia—are ineffective in treating opioid addiction. The article appeared in…

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…