HOP Faculty Member Presents Research on mHealth Tool at Academy Health in December
Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., will give a presentation about improving the implementation of an mHealth application within pediatric clinical care at the 10th Annual...
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HOP Faculty to Work with Medical Students in Research Program
Five University of Florida College of Medicine students have chosen to work under the mentorship of HOP faculty in the 2016 Medical Student Research Program (MSRP). The program allows first-year medical students to conduct a 10-week research project while receiving academic course credit. Participating students also receive a scholarship of…
HOP Faculty Member Invited to Speak at the CDC’s 2016 STD Prevention Conference
Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., has been invited to speak at a plenary session at the 2016 STD Prevention Conference about her recent journal article detailing how an increase in Maryland’s alcohol taxes impacted the state’s sexually transmitted infection rates. “I’m excited to bring our scientifically rigorous analysis to bear on…
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.