Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Welcome to the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the
University of South Florida. We offer the Masters in Public Health
(MPH) degree, the Masters of Science in Public Health (MSPH) degree,
and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in both Epidemiology and
Biostatistics. We welcome applications from prospective students with
backgrounds in the medical, biological, social, and quantitative
sciences. Our faculty are strongly committed to classroom teaching
and student mentoring and are successfully engaged in nationally recognized
research programs. Please take a few minutes to explore our site
and discover the many rewards of a career in Epidemiology or Biostatistics.

Heather G. Stockwell Sc.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
Department Chair


April 24, 2009 Students and faculty enjoyed the spring Field Experience Debriefing and pot-luck luncheon Students presenting their Field Experience work in poster format were, from left to right: Ashley Cole (Epi), Kimberly Davis (Epi), Talat Almukhtar (Epi), William (Andy) Lapcevic (Biostats), Bambi Arnold (Epi), and Peiyao Cheng (Biostats) not pictured.
	April 1, 2009 Award Recipients at Annual Public Health Awards Ceremony As Part of National Public Health Week the College of Public Health Annual Awards Ceremony was held Wednesday, April 1^st in the College Auditorium. The department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics recipients included both students and faculty. Leigh Mathias, a doctoral student in Epidemiology, received a Student Research Scholarship. Student Honorary Awards for Research and Practice (SHARP awards) went to Stephanie Kolar, Michelle Iannacone and Beibei Lu, Doctoral Students in Epidemiology and to Natasha Sobers-Grannum, a Masters Degree student in Epidemiology. The Lea Leavengood Senior Program Endowed Scholarship went the Yang Ji, a Dual Biostatistics Masters and Aging Studies Doctoral student. Inductees into Delta Omega from the department included Graduates Shandey Malcolm (MPH Dual Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Michelle Nash (MPH Epidemiology) and Faculty member Wendy Nembhard, Ph.D. Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, Ph.D. was named the 2009 COPH Outstanding Professor. Congratulations to all the award recipients. Top Picture: Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, recipient of the 2009 COPH Outstanding Professor Award with student Selina Radlein Middle Picture: SHARP award recipients Michelle Iannacone and Beibei Lu. Bottom Picture: Dean Donna Peterson with award winner Yang Ji
	April 2009 Dr. Yangxin Huang Receives Grant from NIH for Project on Statistical Methods for Long-Term HIV Modeling and Design Yangxin Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics received a notice of R03 grant award from NIH with total cost of $145,000 for September 2009 to August 2011. The project is to study HIV/AIDS mechanism-based system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations with time-varying drug efficacy and corresponding statistical methods in evaluating protocol designs used in AIDS clinical trials for their effectiveness in generating desired clinical outcomes.
	March 27, 2009 Doctoral Student Receives Outstanding Graduate Student Award Beibei Lu, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics received an Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Nominated by Dr. Heather Stockwell, Chair of the Department. The award was presented at the Graduate Student Awards Banquet on Friday March 27, 2009 at the Marshall Center.

USF College of Public Health
13201 Bruce B Downs, MDC56
Tampa, Fl 33612
Phone: 813-974-4860
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Questions about Academic Programs
should be directed to Jane Lundh