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HOP Faculty Member Discusses America’s Healthiest Cities at WalletHub
Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., says America’s healthiest cities are the ones that create a “culture of health” for their residents. “This includes making exercise easier with access to bike lanes, trails, green spaces, parks, swimming pools, sidewalks, and public transportation,” she said. Cardel, a registered dietitian and assistant…
HOP Faculty to Serve on ADA’s National Health Disparities Committee
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and the Institute for Child Health Policy, was nominated to serve a two-year term on the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) National Health Disparities Committee beginning in 2017. The committee, comprised of 14 leading health equity and…
HOP Pre-doctoral Candidate Publishes Study in The Lancet Global Health
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…
HOP Faculty Member Presents at National PDMP Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., gave a presentation on the new web-based Florida Drug-Related Outcomes and Surveillance Tracking System (FROST) at a national prescription drug monitoring program meeting in Washington, D.C., in August. Delcher, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was invited to present “Development of…
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 Faculty Writes Op-Ed for Orlando Sentinel Encouraging a Closer Look at Soda Taxes
Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., wrote and published an editorial in the Orlando Sentinel encouraging readers to take a more holistic look at reducing obesity and other public health issues rather than merely taxing soda. Her op-ed, “Dietitian: Emphasize healthy choices as incentives to lose weight,” which published…
