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Craig A. Garmendia is Worlds Ahead
Thanks to his dedication and hard work, Craig A. Garmendia is being recognized as Stempel College's Fall 2018 Worlds Ahead Graduate by FIU during the commencement ceremony on Dec. 12, 2018. Here is his story: While working for the U.S. Food and Drug...
Community-Based Research Institute receives $1.2 million grant to provide health promotion to indigenous communities
Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work (Stempel), in collaboration with Florida State University’s (FSU) College of Nursing, have earned a $1.275 million grant to address health disparities in Native American communities in Florida. As...
Want to know what toxins you’re being exposed to? Your urine has answers
Over the course of a lifespan, from conception to death, each person encounters a wide variety of environmental stressors such as pollution, tobacco smoke, the sun’s rays, pharmaceutical agents and some constituents of food. Evidence of the exposure and a...
Researchers find insurance plan deductibles and Marketplace enrollment negatively associated with care-seeking experiences
Insurance plans can be complicated to understand and in the era of the Affordable Care Act, consumers have more choices and, often, more confusions. Growing in popularity are high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). With less money upfront in monthly...
Colombian students visit college, learn about changing global health issues
Stempel College recently welcomed 23 students from Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogota, Colombia, for an educational inbound seminar about global public health and health services. The students learned about changing global health issues as well as about...
Dietetics and Nutrition students help fight hunger, kick-start healthy habits
Currently, more than enough food is produced worldwide to feed everyone globally. Yet, 11 percent of the world’s population, roughly 815 million people, suffer from food insecurity or hunger, according to the U.N. Closer to home, 17.6 percent, or nearly...