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Media Relations

USF Health collaborates with journalists to highlight the organization’s impact across its academic, research and patient care missions. Our team coordinates major announcements, distributes press releases and media advisories, provides issue management support and helps facilitate media engagement opportunities.

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For media requests, please contact Cody Hawley, PhD - crhawley@usf.edu and Allison Long allison65@usf.edu.

*USF Health consists of the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Pharmacy, the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Biomedical Sciences Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs and USF Health’s multispecialty physicians’ group.

  • The USF Health boilerplate is the standardized statement that describes who we are and is available for use in press releases.

    About USF Health

    USF Health is dedicated to making life better through research, education and patient care. It is the partnership of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Public Health, the Taneja College of Pharmacy, the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Biomedical Sciences Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs and USF Health’s multispecialty physicians’ group, the largest on Florida’s west coast. In 2026, U.S. News & World Report ranked the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine as a Tier 1 medical school for the second consecutive year, placing it among a premier group of 16 medical schools nationally to earn this highest possible designation. U.S. News also ranked the USF College of Public Health and the USF College of Nursing’s Master of Science programs as No. 1 in the state. Together with Tampa General Hospital, USF Health forms one of the nation’s premier academic health systems, with more than 1,000 physicians and providers caring for more than one million patients each year. USF Health is part of the University of South Florida, a top-ranked research university and member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). USF serves approximately 50,000 students and generates nearly $10 billion in annual economic impact for Florida. For more information, visit health.usf.edu.