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College of Public Health and Health Professions

Dean : B. Virnig Executive Associate Dean : S. L. Hanson

The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions has established a new educational model that focuses on the integration of public health problem-solving and individual patient care. The college’s mission is 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.

For more information, please see our website:  http://phhp.ufl.edu

• Public Health (M.P.H.)
• Public Health (Ph.D.)
• Rehabilitation Science
• Biostatistics (PHHP)
• Psychology (Clinical and Health Psychology - PHHP)
• Environmental and Global Health (M.H.S. - One Health)
• Public Health (Ph.D. - Environmental and Global Health)
• Public Health (Ph.D. - One Health)
• Epidemiology (PHHP)
• Health Administration
• Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Cook, Robert L.
• Mitchell, Gordon Stewart

Associate Professor

• Ross, Kathryn Marie

Research Associate Professor

Clinical assistant professor.

• Shakeel Ahmed, Fnu

Clinical Associate Professor

• Hack, George O.

Clinical Professor

• Blue, Amy Victoria
• Hanson, Stephanie Lee

Research Professor

• Lednicky, John

Research Assistant Professor

• Barnard, Alison M.
• Heil, Gary Lee

Affiliated Faculty

• Applebaum, Jennifer W. Assistant Professor
• Beau De Rochars, Valery E. Research Assistant Professor
• Benson, Keith Clinical Professor
• Canidate, Shantrel S. Assistant Professor
• Colon-Burgos, Jose F. Assistant Professor
• Cottler, Linda B. Professor
• Datta, Santanu K. Clinical Associate Professor
• Dixon, Brittney N. Clinical Assistant Professor
• Hammarlund, Noah Evan Assistant Professor
• Harle, Christopher Albert William Courtesy Professor
• Hong, Young-Rock Assistant Professor
• Janicke, David Professor
• Jo, Ara Clinical Assistant Professor
• Kairalla, John Andrew Research Associate Professor
• Kane, Andrew S. Associate Professor
• Kates, Frederick Richard Clinical Assistant Professor
• King, Lindsey Marie Clinical Assistant Professor
• Lauzardo, Michael Research Associate Professor
• Lewis, Carol Clinical Associate Professor
• Mai, Volker Associate Professor
• Mainous, Arch G. Professor
• Marlow, Nicole Marguerite Research Assistant Professor
• McKune, Sarah Lindley Research Associate Professor
• Moorhouse, Michael D. Clinical Associate Professor
• Naranjo, Arlene H. Research Associate Professor
• Okech, Bernard Achero Research Associate Professor
• Pearl, Rebecca Assistant Professor
• Pomeranz, Jamie L. Clinical Associate Professor
• Revere, Frances Lee Professor
• Sabo-Attwood, Tara L. Professor
• Shapiro, Jerne J. Lecturer
• Sibille, Kimberly T. Associate Professor
• Stark, Heather Anne Clinical Assistant Professor
• Striley, Catherine L. Research Associate Professor
• Varnes, Julia Rae Clinical Associate Professor
• Walker, Ashby Farmer Assistant Professor
• Zori, Gaia Lynn Clinical Assistant Professor

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William Dean Decker , 65, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. According to court documents, on and before Dec. 15, 2023, the Wyoming Division of Investigation (DCI) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force received six Cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Investigators learned that a minor child, known to Decker, was involved in the production and they moved quickly to stop the abuse. A search warrant uncovered hundreds of images and video files of Decker sexually abusing the child in his residence. Decker pleaded guilty on Mar. 8 and Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence on May 31. This crime was investigated by DCI’s ICAC task force and the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Z. Seth Griswold.

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