University of South Florida College of Public Health - Research

Research

The College's population-based research helps to promote health and prevent disease across the life span in Florida and the global community. The College's research centers include the following:

  • Center for Biological Defense
  • Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action
  • The Florida Prevention Research Center
  • Harrell Center for the Study of Family Violence
  • Center for Positive Health
  • Center for Leadership in Public Health Practice
  • Sunshine Education and Research Center
  • Center for Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Training in India (CHART)
  • Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies
  • OSHA Training Institute Education Center

Surveys:

  • The USF College of Public Health completed a survey in The Villages returned by more than 33,000 individuals – the largestever single health survey of older Americans. The study will be used to help understand optimum ways to improve and maintain senior health.

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