Dr. Ellen Daley, an Associate Professor in Community and Family Health at the University of South Florida, College of Public Health has teaching and research interests in women's health, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections (specifically Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection), adolescent health and health risk-taking behaviors.

These related interests began when Dr. Daley became involved with the Women's Health Movement (WHM) in the early 1970's, and continued through the organization of several women's health centers in New York, Michigan and Florida. A long-time activist and advocate of women's reproductive health rights and equality in research, Dr. Daley is the Co-Director the Center for Transdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health (CTR-WH) with Dr. Rita DeBate and with Associate Director, Dr. Cheryl Vamos. This innovative center was created to assemble teams of investigators, community partners and graduate students to address complex women’s health issues from across disciplines, using a team science approach.

Dr. Daley has directed several large research projects related to improving women's health issues. From 2002-2005, she directed a study for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that assessed the impact of an HPV-related diagnosis in women who are at increased risk of cervical cancer. She is now the Principal Investigator of a study for the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that assesses the cognitive and emotional responses to an HPV diagnosis in men (R01 CA123346-01), a longitudinal study that will take place through 2013. She is also the Co-Principal Investigator of an innovative study that approaches women’s health through the oral/systemic connection of health – a truly transdisciplinary approach that involves collaborators from across USF and other state universities in Florida.

Another project that Dr. Daley supervises is a research and training program in conjunction with USF Health faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy, called The Women's Health Collaborative, which brings teams of graduate students from across disciplines to address health care issues among marginalized and uninsured women.

Dr. Daley is the President-Elect of the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH) – a national organization that is dedicated to promoting excellence in teaching among faculty and graduate students who are teaching in MCH programs across the U.S.

Dr. Daley is a Core Faculty Member of CRUSH, the Collaborative for Research in Understanding Sexual Health, along with Drs. Eric Buhi, Julie Baldwin, Stephanie Marhefka and Cheryl Vamos. In addition to her research interests, Dr. Daley teaches various graduate level courses in women's health, reproductive health population and community health, and directs an undergraduate course on women's health. Dr. Daley also serves as the Certificate Program Director for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Women's Health, a program that she developed in conjunction with faculty across the USF campus, encompassing four colleges and 9 departments.