Doctoral Training
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) emphasizes advanced public health education and training designed to prepare individuals for leadership roles in practice-based settings such as health departments, non-profit organizations, health service, international agencies, and community-based organizations. Accordingly, the emphasis of the DrPH is placed on fostering advanced expertise in developing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-informed public health practice as compared to the PhD whereby the emphasis is on research.
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Concentrations
Below are concentrations in the College of Public Health in which a DrPH can be earned.
DrPH News
An implantable PrEP device is in the works. What will it take for HCPs to prescribe it, women to use it?
Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is about 99 percent effective in reducing the risk of contracting HIV from sex, but that’s only if it’s taken daily. When users forget, lack motivation for taking a daily pill or experience barriers to getting the drug, risk goes up. Photo source: Canva An implantable, biodegradable PrEP device, currently in clinical trials, may address those problems. But what will it take for health care providers (HCPs) to prescribe it and women to use it? To hel...
An implantable PrEP device is in the works. What will it take for HCPs to prescribe it, women to use it?
COPH loses two longtime champions of public health
Dr. Ira Richards, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) professor who specialized in toxicology, and Dr. Lillian Stark, a veteran of the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories, the 2005 COPH Florida Outstanding Woman in Public Health and a past adjunct assistant professor at the college, recently passed away. Ira Richards, PhD Richards was a member of the COPH faculty for over 35 years, joining the college in 1986 as an assistant professor of toxicology in the department of e...
COPH loses two longtime champions of public health
USF researchers aim to address food insecurity post natural disasters using GIS
An interdisciplinary team of USF researchers is competing in stage 1 of the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) for a potential award of up to $1 million to support implementation of “community-driven, research-based pilot projects that address mobility and resilience priorities.” The competition, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), awarded 56 teams across the nation—“Commun...