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College of Medicine
Dean: Stephen Klasko, MD
Education: Established by the Florida Legislature in 1965, the college enrolled its charter class in 1971. The college awards doctorates in Medicine (MD) and Medical Sciences (PhD) and is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education. The College's School of Physical Therapy, established in 1998, offers a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree. Specially designed programs are also available, including combined MD/MBA, MD/MPH, DPT/MPH programs and an Honors Research program.
Community Impact: Tampa Bay has been enriched by the health professionals who've graduated from USF, and from the patient care and outreach programs of the health colleges. Most USF graduates remain in the state to care for its citizens. USF's presence has generated a network of highly specialized teaching hospitals, including the James Haley Veterans' Hospital, Moffitt Cancer Center, Shriners Hospital, and specialty units at All Children's Hospital and Tampa General Hospital. USF physicians made 273,122 inpatient and 276,122 outpatient visits in 1999-2000.
Research: College faculty run interdisciplinary research programs on brain disease and repair, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and stroke; aging studies; cardiovascular disease; children's health; patient safety; cell therapy; and infectious diseases and biodefense. The USF campus is home to two major research facilities. A research building adjacent to the College provides 50,542-square-feet of laboratory, research, classroom and office space. The Moffitt Research Center, a four-story, 101,352-square-foot building, was dedicated in October 1995. In 2003, Moffitt opened its doors to the new Moffitt Clinic and Vincent A. Stabile Research Building, dramatically increasing research and outpatient clinical space.
The USF Children's Research Institute, opened in 2000, is a $12 million research building in partnership with All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg.
Patient care:The USF Physicians Group, the college's multispecialty group practice, includes 394 physicians and 69 nurse practitioners who see patients throughout the Bay area. Patient care is offered in multiple specialties, including pediatrics, family medicine, surgery, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, cardiology, cancer, neurology, dermatology, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, and allergy and immunology. In 2002, 114 USF physicians and 46 College of Medicine graduates were named to the prestigious Best Doctors in America list.
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College of Nursing
Dean: Patricia Burns, PhD, FAAN
Education: Founded in 1973, the college conducts research and offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Nursing, which are accredited by the National League for Nursing. The Florida Board of Nursing approves the baccalaureate program. In conjunction with the College of Public Health, students also may earn an M.S./M.P.H. in Occupational Health Nursing. The college offers graduate nursing programs with an emphasis in psychiatry, gerontology, oncology, adult health, community and family health and maternal/child health. The college has forged a clinical collaborative with Tampa Bay's leading health care providers to offer students "home base" hospitals with one-to-one mentoring for state of the practice education.
Community Impact: USF nurses provide care for Floridians from school age to old age through programs such as preschool vision screenings and the Elderhealth Center, a nurse directed clinic at the J.L. Young apartments in Tampa. Nursing faculty and students care for patients in more than 100 cooperating health care agencies in USF's 15-county service area. The College received a $1.9 million federal grant to educate health care providers for Florida's Native American population.
Research: Funding for research increase 95 percent during 2002-03 and the College aspires to be in the top 20 for federal research funding by 2008. Research teams are focusing on palliative and end-of-life care, cardiac rehabilitation, and complementary therapies for chronic illness and cancer.
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College of Public Health
Dean: Donna Petersen, ScD
Education: The College opened in 1984 and offers the Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Health Administration (MHA), the doctorate (PhD) in Public Health and several dual degrees granted with other colleges on the campus. The MPH in Public Health Practice is an innovative program for health professionals in either weekend executive or distance learning formats.
The College offers classes at the Tampa campus and at satellite locations throughout the state in Community and Family Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy and Management, Global Health, and Public Health Practice. Using the latest in telecommunications technology, the Distance Learning Program gives students anywhere in Florida, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and in Belize the opportunity to complete select courses or earn the MPH degree in Public Health Practice.
Community Impact: The USF College of Public Health is the only public health college in the state accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. Combining excellence in education, research and service, the College prepares tomorrow's public health professionals to be vital stewards of the public's health and safety. It serves as a vital resource to public agencies, private industries and corporations, and international health organizations. Centers of Excellence include:
Research: The College's results-oriented, population-based research helps to promote health and prevent disease across the life span in Florida and the global community. It also provides extensive workforce retraining for topics ranging from OSHA standards to training first responders in biological defense, disaster management and humanitarian assistance to public health leadership.
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