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Image ModifiedWelcome to the USF College of Public Health, part of USF Health. We are celebrating 30 years of practicing our passion while promoting public health.

This semester, we welcomed one of our largest classes ever in all of our degree programs—from the BSPH through the MPH and MSPH and into the PhD and our newly transformed DrPH. In response to the national "Framing the Future" initiative we have also embarked on a journey to completely transform our MPH core curriculum. As part of this initiative, 37 brave pioneers are enrolled in the pilot course, and we've all been enjoying the journey as we apply the latest in teaching technologies and a competency-based content map designed to build skills while also enhancing critical thinking and systems approaches. Our forward thinking is especially timely given the recent significant public health events.The Ebola outbreak rages in West Africa, lava flows threaten the Big Island of Hawaii, the Chikungunya virus has already made itself known here in Florida, the non-medically indicated Cesarean birth rate continues to rise, and the continuing roll-out of the Affordable Care Act remains anything but smooth.

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