Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Newsroom

Our Ph.D. programs include research focused on cancer, cardiopulmonary disease, neurodegenerative disease, cognition and behavior, along with the emerging area of “environmental health impact,” which encompasses health threats such as climate change. Faculty members have adopted a collaborative and transdisciplinary approach to student the impact of pollutants such as pesticides, metals and the industrial chemicals […]

The society for Arab Neuroscientists recently presented the Dr. Raniyah Ramadan Young Arab Neuroscientist Travel Award in recognition of excellence in research and contributions to the advancement of neuroscience globally and in the Arab world to FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work postdoctoral fellow Dr. Aseel Eid, The award was presented […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) has awarded the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness $5 million to train disaster response medical professionals over the next five years on how to evacuate and provide specialized medical care to patients in-flight. “As we have experienced during recent disasters, such as Hurricane […]

Our Ph.D. in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology trains established public health researchers with a higher level of knowledge and professional skills that are necessary for applying epidemiological research methods to public health problems. Key research themes in the program include health disparities, Latino health, women’s health, LGBT health, tobacco control, HIV/AIDS and […]

Pnina Aaronson, undergraduate student in The School of Social Work, recently won second place in the FIU the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship award for her moving essay. Aaronson hopes to pursue her Masters in Social Work after graduating. Pnina has been married for 20 years and has six children. She hopes her […]

[su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""] [/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""] Our Ph.D. in Public Health with a concentration in Health Disparities trains the next generation of health disparities researchers to be acutely aware of the social and cultural determinants of health. [/su_column] [/su_row]

[su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""] [/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""] A recent graduate at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Emmanuel Vega Arreola had been working with refugees and asylum seekers as part of his internship for his bachelor’s in social work when he decided he wanted to further expand his horizons. He also wanted to find a way to combine his two passions: service and traveling. Vega Arreola applied to The United States Peace Corps. [/su_column] [/su_row]

Our Ph.D. program in Health Systems Research emphasizes public health policy analysis, health economics and health systems analysis. The Affordable Care Act created new policies and regulations that have demanded greater knowledge about how policy and practice changes influence population health and health system performance. There is growing need for policy experts trained in health […]