Department of Environmental & Global Health

Four years into his Ph.D. program, University of Florida Department of Environmental and Global Health student Daniel Acosta has never felt more sure of his role in the public health field.  The...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2024/04/11/student-spotlight-daniel-acosta/

Dr. Nicole Dennis is our newest addition to the University of Florida Environmental and Global Health department, joining the team as a research assistant professor. With a focus on environmental...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2024/04/09/faculty-spotlight-dr-nicole-dennis/

At the Department of Environmental and Global Health, our administrative and staff support are the backbone of ensuring our operations run smoothly. Gainesville-native Erin Ferguson has been with...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2024/03/28/staff-spotlight-erin-ferguson/

Captain Steven “Andrew” Satterlee: Navigating the intersections of military service, public health and environmental science For Army captain, environmental scientist and University of Florid...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2024/02/01/student-spotlight-andrew-satterlee/

Even from miles away, Meredith Zahara is unwavering in her pursuit of knowledge.  After earning her bachelor’s degree in animal biology from Grand State Valley University, the Michigan native ...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2024/01/31/meredith-zahara-student-spotlight/

With a heart of ambition and toolbelt of knowledge, Samantha Andristch is one step closer to her dreams at the University of Florida.  After receiving her bachelor’s degree in public health fr...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2024/01/22/student-spotlight-samantha-andritsch/

The UF Environmental and Global Health Department spent an exciting Friday at Lake Wauburg participating in a series of team building activities and games!

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2023/12/06/team-building-and-bonding/

As the University of Florida’s Department of Environmental and Global Health in the College of Public Health and Health Professions celebrates International Education Week from November 13-17 b...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2023/11/13/international-education-week-stories-of-diversity-from-ufs-environmental-and-global-health-department/

Dr. Eric Nelson is committed to the pursuit of accessible health care around the clock, both day and night.  The University of Florida Department of Environmental and Global Health and Departmen...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2023/11/02/motomeds-drives-change-in-pediatric-care/

Dr. Benjamin Anderson received his Master of Public Health (MPH) in 2012, and later his PhD in Public Health, One Health concentration in 2015, from the University of Florida Department of En...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2023/10/12/dr-benjamin-anderson-faculty-spotlight/

Dr. John Lednicky published a paper in the Journal of Aerosol Science titled “Viable SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant detected in aerosols in a residential setting with a self-isolating college student...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/12/06/dr-john-lednickys-research-on-viable-sars-cov-2-delta-variant/

Dr. John Lednicky published a paper in the Journal of Aerosol Science titled “Viable SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant detected in aerosols in a residential setting with a self-isolating college student...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/12/06/dr-john-lednicky-contributes-to-covid-19-research-in-the-journal-of-aerosol-science/

PhD Evironmental and Global Health student, Daniel Acosta, was co-author on a paper published by the OECD (online library of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development) titled, “W...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/12/06/environmental-and-global-health-phd-student-publishes-research-in-oecd/

Dr. Sarah McKune was the co-PI on published research in the BMJ Journals for the CAGED project from her time in Ethiopia titled “Unravelling the reservoirs for colonisation of infants with Cam...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/12/06/dr-sarah-mckune-published-research-in-the-bmj-journals-for-the-caged-project/

Check out the video from USA today below capturing the 2022 Willoughby Team expedition. https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2022/11/04/team-studies-human-impacts-florida-everglades/826784...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/12/06/dr-tracie-baker-and-the-rest-of-the-2022-willoughby-team-were-featured-in-a-usa-today-video-recounting-their-canoe-journey-in-the-florida-everglades/

Two of the University of Florida’s Environmental and Global Health faculty, associate professor Zhoumeng Lin, PhD, and research assistant Professor Wei-Chun Chou, PhD., are hard at work develop...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/06/07/helping-to-improve-efficacy-and-safety-risk-of-nanomedicines/

See the link below for a new manuscript from the Baker lab: Developmental Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Effects of Exposure to Nanomolar Levels of 4-Nonylphenol, Triclosan, and Triclocarban in Z...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/developmental-phenotypic-and-transcriptomic-effects-of-exposure-to-nanomolar-levels-of-4-nonylphenol-triclosan-and-triclocarban-in-zebrafish-danio-rerio/

View the NDEWS News Weekly Briefing to view the latest Gator WATCH™ (Wastewater Analysis for Tracking Community Health) project: “Monitoring community health through wastewater analysis: Gat...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/monitoring-community-health-through-wastewater-analysis-gator-watch-partnership-with-the-national-drug-early-warning-system-ndews/

The UF College of Public Health and Health Professions held its 35th annual Research Day on February 10. Congratulations to Amber O’Connor and Andrew Rainey for tying in first place in the Publ...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/egh-students-tie-for-first-place-at-uf-phhps-annual-research-day/

A new study from the UF GatorWATCH team and Cedar Key FL colleagues is the first published that uses municipal wastewater surveillance to examine the effect of tourists and visitors on SARS-CoV-...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/wastewater-surveillance-for-sars-cov-2-in-a-small-coastal-community-effects-of-tourism-on-viral-presence-and-variant-identification-among-low-prevalence-populations/

See the link here for Dr. Caroline Stephenson’s paper, “Imported Dengue Case Numbers and Local Climatic Patterns Are Associated with Dengue Virus Transmission in Florida, USA” featuring Drs...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/imported-dengue-case-numbers-and-local-climatic-patterns-are-associated-with-dengue-virus-transmission-in-florida-usa/

A single exposure to an environmental contaminant during development may be all it takes to affect fertility in adulthood and later generations. With the support of a five-year $2 million grant f...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/new-study-examines-how-pollutants-cause-genetic-changes-that-lead-to-infertility-in-multiple-generations/

Dr. Joe Bisesi was interviewed on TV20 WCJB last week for his research in COVID-19 wastewater tracking. View the newscast here: “Can tracking COVID-19 in wastewater help slow the spread?”

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/can-tracking-covid-19-in-wastewater-help-slow-the-spread/

EGH students and research scientists received awards from the Annual Meeting of Southeastern Society of Toxicology in November 2021. Congratulations to Nima Madani for receiving a Graduate Stude...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/egh-students-research-scientists-receive-awards-from-the-sesot-annual-meeting/

See linked for Dr. Tracie Baker’s two manuscripts that went online last month: “Persistent contaminants of emerging concern in a great lakes urban-dominant watershed” in the Journal of Grea...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/dr-tracie-baker-had-two-manuscripts-go-live-in-january/

In a list created by scientists from Stanford University, Dr. Anthony Maurelli is named in the World’s Top 2% Scientists List based on career-long impact. Dr. John Lednicky and Dr. Zhoumeng Lin...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/drs-maurelli-lednicky-and-lin-named-worlds-top-scientists/

Congratulations to Dr. Caroline Stephenson (Ph.D. in Public Health One Health alumna) and Melissa Dulcey (Ph.D. in Public Health One Health candidate) for their selection in the CDC’s Epidem...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/caroline-stephenson-and-melissa-dulcey-selected-for-cdcs-epidemic-intelligence-service-fellowship-program/

Dr. John Lednicky’s research on COVID-19 aerosol transmission was featured in The Print article, “Coronavirus likelier in air we breathe than surfaces touched — what scientists say we got w...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/coronavirus-likelier-in-air-we-breathe-than-surfaces-touched-what-scientists-say-we-got-wrong/

Click here to view Dr. John Lednicky’s publication in Nature, “Independent infections of porcine deltacoronavirus among Haitian children.”

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/independent-infections-of-porcine-deltacoronavirus-among-haitian-children/

Click the link here to view Dr. Eric Coker’s newest publication, “Vitamin D intake modifies the association of household air pollution exposure with maternal disorders of pregnancy.”

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/vitamin-d-intake-modifies-the-association-of-household-air-pollution-exposure-with-maternal-disorders-of-pregnancy/

Nov. 17, 2021: University of Florida researchers have detected the first known instance of people becoming infected with a type of coronavirus that was previously thought to only infect pigs. Cli...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/coronavirus-spillovers-more-frequent-than-thought/

Congratulations to Dr. Liz Wood (pictured right) who has been selected as the 2021 UF International Educator of the Year in the junior faculty category! Dr. Wood was honored for her award at the ...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/dr-liz-wood-selected-as-ufs-2021-junior-faculty-international-educator-of-the-year/

Caroline Stephenson, a Ph.D. in Public Health (One Health) alumna, published “Geographic Partitioning of Dengue Virus Transmission Risk in Florida” Click the link provided to read.

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/geographic-partitioning-of-dengue-virus-transmission-risk-in-florida/

Dr. Eric Coker was featured in UFIC’s Office for Global Research Development’s International Research Spotlight! Click here to read. Dr. Coker recently completed a Global Health Fellowship wh...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/dr-eric-coker-featured-in-ufics-international-research-spotlight/

View Dr. Lednicky’s new publication on “Isolation of a Novel Recombinant Canine Coronavirus from a Visitor to Haiti: Further Evidence of Transmission of Coronaviruses of Zoonotic Origin to Hu...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/isolation-of-a-novel-recombinant-canine-coronavirus-from-a-visitor-to-haiti-further-evidence-of-transmission-of-coronaviruses-of-zoonotic-origin-to-humans/

See the link here for “The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel,” a major effort of the Sahel Research Group at UF. Dr. Sarah McKune is section editor of “Section III: The Environment and ...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/dr-sarah-mckune-section-editor-in-the-oxford-handbook-of-the-african-sahel/

See here for a paper from one of our PhD in Public Health (Environmental Health) alumni, Keerati Ponpetch, titled “Environmental Drivers and Potential Distribution of Schistosoma mansoni Ende...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/environmental-drivers-and-potential-distribution-of-schistosoma-mansoni-endemic-areas-in-ethipoa/

Dr. Zhoumeng Lin and his lab are building an AI-powered tool that can offer drug researchers insight into how well a new nanoparticle-based cancer therapy will work. View the story on PHHP here.

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2022/02/16/researchers-use-ai-to-develop-a-tool-for-predicting-cancer-nanomedicine-outcomes/

See below for the link to Dr. Zhoumeng Lin Lab’s newest publication, “Development and Application of an Interactive Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (iPBPK) Model to Predict Oxytetracycl...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/30/publication-from-the-lin-lab-published-in-toxicology-sciences-journal/

Dr. Tara Sabo-Attwood delivered a keynote talk titled “Don’t Let Your Defenses Down: A Role for Environmental Chemicals in Infectious Disease Susceptibility” at the Society of Toxicology a...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/30/dr-tara-sabo-attwood-delivers-keynote-at-setac-africa-10th-biennial-conference/

The College of Public Health and Health Professions has recognized one of our EGH alumni, Steven Peterson, MPH Environmental Health Concentration, with a 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award. Mr. Peter...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/30/steven-peterson-mph-named-as-one-of-phhps-2021-outstanding-alumni/

See the story below from USA Today featuring an interview with Dr. John Lednicky as he explains the difference between the Nipah virus in Asia and COVID-19. View story here

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/30/what-is-the-nipah-virus-and-why-is-it-more-deadly-than-covid-19/

June 24, 2021: UF’s EPI is partnering with Gainesville-based tech company SurfPlasma, Inc. to test a new device’s ability to kill pathogens — even the celestial kinds. Read more from UF EPI...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/08/uf-epi-supports-testing-for-new-technology-to-kill-space-microbes/

Dr. Afsar Ali was interviewed for CBS Tampa Bay’s story “Bacteria lurking in Florida water responsible for hundreds of cases,” which won a FL Association of Broadcast Journalists Award in ...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/08/dr-afsar-alis-cbs-tampa-bay-story-wins-a-fl-association-of-broadcast-journalists-award/

See Dr. Eric Coker’s publication, “A land use regression model using machine learning and locally developed low-cost particulate matter sensors in Uganda” in the Environmental Research Jour...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/08/a-land-use-regression-model-using-machine-learning-and-locally-developed-low-cost-particulate-matter-sensors-in-uganda/

“Genome Sequence of a Yunnan Orbivirus Isolated from a Dead Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)” a paper from the Lednicky Lab was published in the American Society for Microbi...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/08/genome-sequence-of-a-yunnan-orbivirus-isolated-from-a-dead-florida-white-tailed-deer/

Karen Coker, Ph.D. in Public Health (One Health) student, and Tyler Nesbit, a Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences Ph.D. student, have been selected for funding through the CTSI TL...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/08/karen-coker-andrew-rainey-of-phd-in-public-health-one-health-program-receive-funding-through-the-ctsi-tl1-predoctoral-training-program/

Kayan Clarke and Andres Manrique, both current PhD in Public Health (Environmental Health) candidates in the Department of Environmental & Global Health published “A Narrative Review of Occupat...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/09/08/kayan-clarke-andres-manrique-phd-in-public-health-environmental-health-candidates-published-in-the-international-journal-of-environmental-research-public-health/

Helena Chapman serves as Associate Program Manager for Health and Air Quality Applications in the Applied Sciences Program (Booz Allen Hamilton) of the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/04/07/egh-alumna-dr-helena-chapman-named-as-one-of-ufs-2021-40gatorsunder40/

Dr. Chris Martyniuk, an associate professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, and Dr. Joseph Bisesi, an assistant professor in the UF College of Health and H...

https://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/2021/04/07/dr-joe-bisesi-and-dr-chris-martyniuk-received-a-new-nih-grant-to-study-the-effects-of-brominated-flame-retardants-on-thyroid-hormone-synthesis-negative-feedback-loops/