Join us on Monday, September 10, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Frost Art Museum FIU (10975 SW 17th St, Miami, FL 33199) for Mixtape Mondays! Hear renowned FIU neurotoxicologist/neuroscientist, professor and dean of Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Tomás R. Guilarte discuss cutting-edge research about how environmental pollutants […]
Ph.D. Student Interns at The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Branch
Amani Othman, a public health Ph.D. student at Florida International University’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, participated in a three-month summer internship at The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Branch, as part of a fellowship from Duke University. The fellowship is […]
Stempel College Researchers Analyze DNA-Damaging Agents in Tobacco Use
While tobacco smoking is recognized as detrimental towards one’s health, there are still important factors concerning the properties of tobacco that remain unidentified. Various agents found in both tobacco and tobacco smoke are capable of damaging one’s DNA. Although researchers acknowledge that DNA-damaging agents exist, little is known about them. A team led by scientists […]
Doctoral student interviewed on NPR Atlanta about research on medicaid expansion and infant mortality
Chintan Bhatt, a doctoral student at Florida International University (FIU) Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, was interviewed live on NPR Atlanta on July 19, 2018 for his research paper titled “Medicaid Expansion and Infant Mortality in the United States.” Published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), Bhatt’s research examines […]
Stempel College research examines portrayal of hookah on Instagram
As hookah smoking continues to grow in popularity worldwide, particularly on social media, researchers at Florida International University (FIU) Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work published a study in Health Education & Behavior investigating the portrayal and promotion of hookah on Instagram, while also highlighting the public health challenges generated by the […]