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.
Read more about this topic: University Of South Florida College Of Public Health
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