In collaboration with Pacific Biosciences (PacBio), the USF College of Public Health’s Genomics Program and Sequencing Core recently hosted a Genomics Symposium entitled "Long Read Single Molecule Sequencing: A New Era in Genomics." Pacific Biosciences, commonly known as PacBio, is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures cutting-edge systems for gene sequencing, a process that allows scientists to determine what genetic information is carried in a particular segment of DNA. ...

USF College of Public Health (COPH) doctoral student Rolando Trejos has recently been appointed to the editorial advisory board of the Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health journal, published by Springer Publishing. The Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health is a peer-reviewed online journal covering populational research on the intersectional health and well-being of sexual- and gender- minority (SGM) individuals. During his three-year tenure as an advisory board member, Tre...

In the summer of 2022, after a rash of mass shootings, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) convened a task force on gun violence prevention made up of experts from 13 member schools. Dr. Karen Liller, a USF College of Public Health Distinguished University Health Professor and injury-prevention researcher, was one of those experts. Photo source: Canva The task force worked to review existing literature, identify needs and gaps and develop recommendations ...