University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions MISSION: “…to preserve, promote, and improve the health and well being of populations, communities, and individuals... …to fulfill this mission, we foster collaborations among public health and the health professions in education, research, and service.”
Overview History of the College Current academic, research, and service programs Collaborations with the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
History of the College Robert Frank, PhD Richard Gutekunst, PhD Howard Suzuki, PhD Darrel Mase, PhD
Overarching Goals Educate students who will be leaders in public health and the health professions Create new knowledge that will help solve critical problems in health care and public health Provide outstanding services that will enhance the health and well being of individuals and communities
7 PhD programs 2 professional doctoral programs 7 masters degree programs 2 undergraduate majors (Bachelor of Health Science) 6 joint degree programs (e.g., PhD/MPH, MD/MPH) 8 certificate programs (e.g.,15-credit Public Health certificate) AcademicPrograms
Academic Departments and Advanced Degrees Behavioral Science and Community Health (MPH, PhD) Biostatistics* (MS, MPH, PhD) Clinical and Health Psychology (MS, PhD) Environmental and Global Health (MHS, MPH, PhD) Epidemiology* (MS, MPH, PhD) Health Services Research, Management and Policy (MHA, MPH, PhD) Occupational Therapy (MOT, PhD in Rehab Science) Physical Therapy (DPT, PhD in Rehab Science) Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (AuD, MA, PhD) *Joint with COM
Faculty, Staff and Students Faculty FTE:156 74 tenured or tenure-track 82 non-tenure track Staff FTE: 88 Students: 2,158 ≈ 1,150 graduate/professional ≈ 1,000 undergraduate
Training Grants Pre-Doctoral NIH T-32: Krista Vandenborne, PhD, PT, “Interdisciplinary Training in Neuromuscular Plasticity and Rehabilitation” NIH T-32: Michael Marsiske, PhD, “Physical, Cognitive and Mental Health in Social Context” Post-Doctoral NIH K-12: Krista Vandenborne, PhD, PT, “Rehabilitation Research Career Development “ HRSA: Mary Peoples-Sheps, DrPH, “Rural South Public Health Training Center” NIH Fogarty: Linda Cottler, PhD, MPH, “Indo-US Training in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases and Disorders” NIH Fogarty: NIH Fogarty: Gregory Gray, MD, MPH, “One Health for Environmental and Occupational Health”
US News and World Report Rankings PHHP Academic Program AAU Ranking NationalRanking Audiology 4 th 7 th Speech Language Pathology 12 th 15 th Clinical Psychology 17 th 37 th Health Care Management 13 th 32 th Occupational Therapy 5 th 10 th Physical Therapy 4 th 12 th
Research
Diverse Portfolio of Research Aging Attention Deficit Disorder Cancer Cholera Concussion Dementia Diarrheal diseases Driving Dysphagia Environmental toxicology HIV/AIDS Influenza Malaria Medicaid/Medicare Muscular Dystrophy Neuromuscular Plasticity Neuro-rehabilitation Obesity (child and adult) Orthopedic rehabilitation Pain Parkinson’s Disease PTSD Respiratory Diseases Stroke Substance Abuse Smoking Tinnitus Traumatic Brain Injury
Dean’s Citation Paper Award Winners Dr. Afsar Ali Department of Environmental and Global Health Ali A., Chen Y., Johnson J.A., Redden E., Mayette Y., Rashid M.H., Stine O.C., and Morris J.G. (2011). Recent clonal origin of cholera in Haiti. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 (4)..
Dr. Tracey Barnett Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health Barnett T.E., Curbow B.A., Soule E.K.*, Tomar S.L., Thombs D.L. (2011) Carbon Monoxide levels among patrons of hookah cafes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40 (3):
Dr. Myron Chang Department of Biostatistics Chang, MN, SH Jung, and S Wu (2011). Two- stage designs with additional futility tests for phase II clinical trials with heterogeneous patient population. Sequential Analysis, 30:
Dr. Sherrilene Classen Department of Occupational Therapy Classen, S., Nichols, A.L., McPeek, R.W, & Breiner, J.F. Personality as a Predictor of Older Driver Performance: An Exploratory Study. (2011). Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 14,
Dr. Linda Cottler Department of Epidemiology Cottler LB, Ben Abdallah A, Cummings SM, Barr J, Banks R, Forchheimer R. Injury, pain, and prescription opioid use among former National Football League (NFL) players. Drug Alcohol Depend 2011; 116: PMID:
Dr. Jeffrey Harman Department of Health Service Research, Management and Policy Harman JS, Lemak CH, Al-Amin M, Hall AG, Duncan RP, "Changes in per member per month expenditures after implementation of Florida's Medicaid Reform Demonstration," Health Services Research, 46(3): , 2011.
Dr. A. Daniel Martin, III Department of Physical Therapy Martin, A. D., B. K. Smith, et al. (2011). "Inspiratory muscle strength training improves weaning outcome in failure to wean patients: a randomized trial." Critical Care 15(2): R84.
Dr. William Perlstein Department of Clinical and Health Psychology Sozda, C., Larson, M., Kaufman, D., Schmalfuss, I., Perlstein, W. (2011). Error- related processing following severe traumatic brain injury: An event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. International Journal of Psychophysiology.
Dr. Michelle Troche Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Troche MS, Huebner I, Rosenbek JC, Okun MS, Sapienza CM. (2011). Respiratory- swallowing coordination and swallowing safety in patients with Parkinson's disease. Dysphagia. 26(3):
Extramural Research Funding ($M)
FY Research Awards Among UF Colleges Rank College Total ($M) Per fac. ($K) 1Medicine IFAS Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences Public Health and Health Professions Education Dentistry Veterinary Medicine Pharmacy Design, Construction & Planning Health & Human Performance Business Journalism and Communications Nursing Fine Arts Law0.12
PHHP Research PHHP research awards have increased by more than 46% over the past five years PHHP ranks 2nd among UF Colleges in grant $ per tenure-track faculty member PHHP ranks 19 th in NIH funding among the 54 accredited Schools of Public Health
Clinical Services 40,916 outpatient visits Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic Psychology Clinic Physical therapy Occupational therapy
Afghanistan Bangladesh El Salvador China Georgia Haiti India Kenya Mexico Nicaragua Mongolia Romania South Africa Thailand Global Activities PHHP has research, training and service activities in 14 countries:
School-Based Nutrition in Haiti
ACM School In Leogane
Post-Earthquake Vaccination Program
Rebuilding of Partner Schools in Gressier and Leogane
New ACM School in Leogane
School Nutrition Program
Construction of the Infectious Disease Field Lab
University of Florida Public Health Laboratory Gressier, Haiti
President Carter at Opening of the UF Lab in Gressier
Dr. Bernard Okech - Malaria Presentations by UF Faculty Dr. Afsar Ali - Cholera Dr. Andy Kane – Water & Aquaculture
Rapid Response to the Cholera Outbreak
Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 17, No. 4, April 2011 Recent Clonal Origin of Cholera in Haiti Afsar Ali, Yuansha Chen, Judith A. Johnson, Edsel Redden, Yfto Mayette, Mohammed H. Rashid, O. Colin Stine, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr Research Findings SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | ARTICLE OPEN Cholera in Haiti: Reproductive numbers and vaccination coverage estimates Zindoga Mukandavire, David L. Smith & J. Glenn Morris Jr Scientific Reports 3, Article number: 997 doi: /srep00997
Interface Between PHHP and the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System PHHP faculty who are part-time VA employees PHHP Faculty with IPAs with the VA VA Staff with PHHP Appointments PHHP Faculty who are VA Career Research Scientists or Recipients of VA Merit Review and Career Development Awards PHHP Clinical Trainees at the VA PHHP Students Conducting Research at the VA
PHHP Faculty Who Are VA Employees Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (BRRC) Russell Bauer, PhD, ABPP Lisa Edmonds, PhD, SLP Carolynn Patten, PhD, PT William Perlstein, PhD Dorian Rose, PhD, PT Chris Sapienza, PhD, SLP Nicole Tester, PhD, PT Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center (RORC) William Mann, PhD, OTR Sergio Romero, PhD, OTR Craig Velozo, PhD, OTR Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Ronald Shorr, MD, MS
VA Staff with PHHP Appointments Jason Burns, PhD Tim Conway, PhD Diane Cowper, PhD Yun Feng Dai, PhD Janis Daly, PhD, PT Glenn Grace, PhD Julius Gylys, PhD Lisa Hannold, PhD Blaze Harkey, PhD Thomas Hundersmarck, PhD Lewis Radonovich, MD Deanna Robins, PhD Khalil Sakalla, PhD Valerie Bonk Shorter, PhD George Shorter, PhD Linda Struckmeyer, PhD Sandra Winters, PhD
PHHP Faculty With IPAs Gregory Gray, MD, MPH John Kairalla, PhD Gary Heil, PhD John Lednicky, PhD Michael Moorhouse, PhD Sam Wu, PhD
Recipients of VA Research Career Scientist, Merit Review, or Career Development Awards William Mann, PhD, OTR Senior Research Career Scientist Carolynn Patten, PhD, PT Career Research Scientist Christine Sapienza, PhD, SLP Career Research Scientist Merit Review Research Awardee Dorian Rose, PhD, PT, Career Development Awardee Nicole Tester, PhD, PT, Career Development Awardee
PHHP Clinical Trainees at the VA 12 Masters in Occupational Therapy students 7 Doctor of Physical Therapy students 6 Clinical Psychology PhD students 1 MA student in Speech/Language Pathology
PHHP Students Conducting Research at the VA 9 PhD Candidates in Rehabilitation Science 1 PhD candidate in Speech/Language Pathology 5 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Students
University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions SUMMARY: Through its educational, research and service activities, the College is improving the health of individuals and communities, locally and globally. Collaboration constitutes a core value of the College. Collaboration with the VA represents a key element in our research and training endeavors.