College Overview
Alumni Awards
The USF College of Public (COPH) was founded in July 1984. Over the years, our graduates have gone on to make significant contributions to the field of public health. The Outstanding Alumni Award recognizes COPH graduates who improve the public’s health and do it exceedingly well.
Nominees must have earned an academic degree (BS, MHA, MPH, MSPH, PhD or DrPH) from the COPH and not be currently employed by the college. Additionally, nominees must have significant domestic or global impact in two or more of the following areas:
- Leadership
- Research
- Teaching, scholarship and mentorship of health professionals
- Impact on the community, college, university or society
- Nomination cover sheet
- One nomination letter
- 1-3 letter(s) of support
- CV, resume and bio sketch
The
nomination and supporting letters should not be longer than 400 words each and
should explicitly address the nominee's contributions to the field of public
health as referenced above. Acceptable nominators include professional
colleagues and university faculty. Self-nominations are not accepted
The
Outstanding Alumni Award is presented in Tampa during National Public Health
Week. Awardees will be notified by email or telephone by early February.
The nomination deadline is 11:59 p.m. on December 1. For more
information, contact COPHAlumni@usf.edu.
COPH 2023 Alumni Awardees—Dr. Michelle Crozier, Dr. Gene Felber, Dawn Hunter and Frank Yiannas
COPH 2022 Alumni Awardees—Dr. Lynette Menezes and Commander Lane Vause
COPH 2021 Alumni Awardees—Steven Chew, Thometta Cozart and Dr. Melissa Mercado
COPH 2020 Alumni Awardees—Drs. Tracey L.Koehlmoos, Abu-Sayeef Mirza and Kelly L. Sullivan
COPH 2019 Alumni Awardees—Danish Hasan, Gregory A. LaManna, and Dr. Pauline J. Rolle
COPH 2018 Alumni Awardees—Dr. Sharad Malavade and Candace Webb