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Activist Lab

Research

Below are examples of grants, publications, and presentations
Grants
 2024

 APHA Student Champions for Climate Justice award
Source: American Public Health Association

2023

APHA Student Champions for Climate Justice award
Source: American Public Health Association

2021-2022 Let’s advocate for policy change in mental health services and support through the University of South Florida (USF) College of Public Health Activist Lab 2022 Bootcamp and Advocation Change it Up Podcast!
Source: Research! America
2021 APHA ACTION Grant to Raise Sexual Violence Awareness
Source: American Public Health Association
2020-2021 The World Has Changed! Environmental Health, Climate Change, and Advocacy to Improve Health
Source: Research! America
  • Liller, K.D, Hinks, G., Katwal, M., Harburg, H., and Florida Public Health Association. (2026). Efforts to Address Loneliness and Social Isolation in Florida: A Collaboration of the Activist Lab at the University of South Florida College of Public Health and the Florida Public Health Association. Journal of Health Advocacy, ahead of print, January 29. https://doi.org/10.70440/001c.155285  

    Liller, K.D., Sanders, M., Millsapps, E., Ho, T., E., Chandra, K., & Trejos, R. (2024).  Building advocacy in the younger generation through the Adopt a School program of the University of South Florida College of Public Health Activist Lab-A commentary. Florida Public Health Review, 20(8), https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/fphr/vol20/iss1/8.

    Final Report, Research! America Grant on Environmental Health, Climate Change, and Advocacy, June 1, 2021 (with Rolando Trejos and the Activist Lab)

    Environmental Health and Climate Change Plan for Research! America, June 1, 2021 (with Rolando Trejos and the Activist Lab)

    Final Report, APHA Action Grant on Sexual Assault Awareness, June 1, 2021 (with Kayla Wilson and the Activist Lab)

    Liller, K.D., Yang, Y., & Lim, A. (2020). The Activist Lab and the MOULA Program. Health Promotion Practicehttps://doi.org/10.1177/1524839920929671

  • Katwal, M., Harburg, H., Vallee, K., & Liller, K. (2024, October). USF COPH Activist Lab Bootcamp: Suicide prevention. Poster presentation at Society for Public Health Education’s (SOPHE) 26th Annual Advocacy Summit, Washington, D.C. 

    Brandon, A., Chandra, K., Harburg, H., Hinks, G., Ho, T., Katwal, M., & Liller, K. (2024, July). Decreasing loneliness through academic and community partnerships: An initiative of the USF COPH Activist Lab. Poster presentation at the 2024 Florida Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Orlando, FL. 

    Harburg, H., McDonald, M., Vallee, K., & Liller, K.  Passing the torch: Preparing the next generation of health advocates through USF COPH Activist Lab’s Adopt-A-School Program. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, February 28, 2025 

    Harburg, H., Hinks, G., Katwal, M., Massod, A., Ho, J., Vallee, K., Alamo-Worley, M., Liller, K., Sanchez, F., Culhane, T., Glickman, S., Bernard, T., & Reyes Chaves, G.  Under the Florida Sun: Extreme Heat Awareness Focusing on Farmworkers. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, February 28, 2025 

    Katwal, M., Harburg, H., Vallee, K., & Liller, K. USF COPH Activist Lab Bootcamp: Suicide prevention. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, February 28, 2025. 

    Jiang, M., Elsadi, F., Huynh, B., Burnstein, M., & Liller, K. Empowering youth advocacy through the USF College of Public Health Activist Lab’s Adopt-a-School Program. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, March 6, 2026. 

    Elsadi, F., Jiang, M., Itacy, N., & Liller, K. Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation through public health community engagement. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, March 6, 2026. 

    Houston, J., Valle, K., Hinks, G., & Liller, K.  University area asset map: Social work practice for public health planning. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, March 1, 2024.

    Brandon, A., Ho, T., Chandra, K., & Liller, K.  Approaching the epidemic of loneliness with advocacy & education: An initiative of the USF COPH Activist Lab. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, March 1, 2024.  

    Trejos, R., Harburg, H., & Liller, K. Levantando la Voz for climate justice, Latino health, and Latino cancer: Advocating for change through the Activist Lab. USF Health Research Day, Tampa, FL, March 1, 2024.

    Sanders, M., Trejos, R., Mcmahon, M., Zalizniak, J., & Liller, K.  The USF College of Public Health’s Adopt a School Program.  USF Health Research Day, March 3, 2023.

    Mcmahon, M., Saucedo Trejos, R., Sanders, M. Zalizniak, J., Harburg, H., Chandra, K., Ho, T., & Liller, K.  Hale No!  The Citizens Coalition for Responsible Development project showcasing community advocacy.  USF Health Research Day, March 3, 2023.

    Liller, K.D. (Invited Presentation). Panelist for Teaching Students to be Advocates for Public Health. Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health Annual Meeting, March 22, 2022.

    Trejos, R., Liller, K.D., McMahon, M. Salazar, C., Mathur, R., Cajuste, M., Clowes, S. and the Activist Lab. Environmental health and advocacy: Making a Difference Through the College of Public Health Activist Lab. USF Health Research Day, February 25, 2022.  Winner of the Community Research Award, Doctoral Student, Rolando Trejos.

    Cropper, N., Wilson, K., Trejos, R., Liller, K.D., Salazar, C., McMahon, M., Cajuste, M., Mathur, M., Clowes, S., & USF College of Public Health Activist Lab. Sexual assault awareness education program and outreach: Advocating for change through the College of Public Health Activist Lab. USF Health Research Day, February 25, 2022.

    Liller, K. D. The USF College of Public Health Activist Lab bootcamp: Learning how to advocate for change. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 21, 2021.

    Trejos, R., Salazar, C., Mathur, R., Wilson, K., & Liller, K. In Response to Structural Racism: The Racism, Health, and Life Podcast Series Produced by the USF COPH Activist Lab. USF Health Research Day, February 26, 2021.

    Yang, Y., Lim, A., Harrison, H., Spence, T., Lesser, K., Sutton, N., Pueschell, A., & Liller, K. Engaging public health students in advocacy education: USF COPH Activist Lab, year 1 review & lessons learned. USF Health Research Day, February 21, 2020.

    Harrison, H., Lim, A., Yang, Y., Lesser, K., Spence, T., Sutton, N., Pueschell, A., & Liller, K. Understanding perspectives on campus safety: Engaging the USF community as the College of Public Health Activist Lab. USF Health Research Day, February 21, 2020.

    Liller, K.D., Yang, Y., & Wallace, R. (2019). Learning advocacy through the University of South Florida Activist Lab. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 4, 2019.

    Bell, C., Santiago-Datil, W., Carr, C., Harrison, H., Wallace, R., Yang, Y., & Liller, K.D. Putting our passion into practice: Introducing advocacy topics and the USF College of Public Health Activist Lab. USF Health Research Day, February 22, 2019.

    Liller, K.D. The USF COPH Activist Lab, USF COPH 2018 Community Engagement Year-in-Review, December 13, 2018.