Department of Community and Family Health
College of Public Health
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Welcome to the Department of Community and Family Health at the University of South Florida!

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We’d like to welcome you to our website and to share some important information about our department.

The Department’s mission includes education, research and service to enhance the health promotion and disease prevention status of individuals, families, and communities. Our programs assist individuals in developing leadership in the health science disciplines that meet the needs of diverse populations.

The Faculty members in our department are dedicated to excellence in teaching and mentorship of students, innovation in research, and a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration. We have four research centers housed in the department, including our new Center for TransdisciplinaryResearch in Women’s Health, and several other federally funded research programs.

The concentrations offered in our department for the MPH and MSPH degrees are behavioral health, maternal and child health, maternal and child health epidemiology, public health education, and socio-health sciences. We also offer both the Ph.D. and the Dr.PH. degrees, and several graduate certificate programs and dual degree programs. We even let you combine these studies with a Peace Corp experience.

Please explore our site and discover the many opportunities that await you in the Department of Community and Family Health. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact us.

Bill Sappenfield, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Community and Family Health

 

Department News

CFH alumna weds and mentors students in field experience
Ron and Candice (McDonald) Simon, MPH (MCH,’05) wed on December 17 at North Metropolitan Church of God in Altamonte Springs. Candice is the interconception coordinator for Central Hillsborough Healthy Start Project. Ironically, she completed her field experience with Healthy Start and now mentors students in field experience at the same site.  Candice and Ron, a [...]
CFH alumna directs undergraduate program at West Chester University
Sharon Dejoy PhD (CFH, ’10) recently accepted a tenure-track position with West Chester University of Pennsylvania, located in metro Philadelphia. She will direct the undergraduate program in the College of Health Sciences and teach master of public health courses.
CFH student earns Global Health Corps internship
Adejoke C. Ogunrinde earned a coveted fall internship from the Global Health Corps. Her application was one of 90 selected from a pool of more than 4,100 students. Ogunrinde, an international student from Lagos, Nigeria, is assigned to Newark Now as a research and implementation fellow. The New Jersey-based, non-profit is dedicated to transforming communities [...]
Eric Buhi earns top research award
Two faculty researchers from USF Health were awarded the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award from the USF Office of Research & Innovation. Eric Buhi, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department of Community & Family Health, College of Public Health. Dr. Buhi was nominated by his Department Chair, William Sappenfield, MD, MPH, professor…Read More
Marhefka among first recipients of the Research that Matters Faculty Grant
Stephanie Marhefka, PhD is one of four recipients of the first annual Research that Matters Faculty Grant, sponsored by the USF Office of Community Engagement. Her research project is titled “Assessing potential barriers and facilitators to establishing community-based videoconferencing HIV intervention stations throughout Florida.” Dr. Marhefka is an assistant professor in the Department of Community [...]

 

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