Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work

536 undergraduate and graduate internships in 2018-2019.

School of Public Health ranks 28th (out of 177 programs) for most NIH funding in the country by The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

The School of Social Work ranked No. 53 among public universities for 2020 by US. News & World Report.

203,014 internship hours completed in 2018-2019

The School of Public Health is ranked 49th in the country among public universities by US. News & World Report for 2020.

College Factual ranked the Dietetics and Nutrition program 5th overall in the nation as well as 9th for best value.

Study finds young people who smoke e-cigarettes more likely to transition to regular cigarettes

Researchers at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work have found that young people who smoke e-cigarettes are more likely to become regular cigarette smokers. The study, published in the...

Nutritional recommendations to boost the immune system of frontline workers

Cristina Palacios, associate professor in the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, and a team of international experts recently released a guide for...

WIN family balance and parenting during the pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents have had to balance the stresses of working from home or losing their jobs with becoming full-time caretakers and teachers to their children. Now, as the academic school year...

Many female college students unaware of risk factors for cervical cancer, skip Pap tests, Stempel researchers find

Most female undergraduate college students surveyed by FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social researchers were not familiar with risk factors for cervical cancer and had not had a Pap smear – the...

FIU-Stempel College Dean to be inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida

Tomás R. Guilarte, dean of the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work and professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, will be inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and...

We are Stempel College

Advancing your education to be a force for good demands dedication and guidance. At the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, explore the interconnectivity of social, biological, environmental and cultural elements of health to be a force for positive change.

Our researchers are looking for solutions to local and global public health issues. From neurological brain behavior to health disparities, oxidative stress to tobacco smoking – students at Stempel College have the opportunity to get firsthand experience in state-of the- art research facilities as they participate in groundbreaking discoveries.

Stempel College’s research portfolio has grown exponentially from $6.2M in 2016 to more than $21M+ in 2019.