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Dr. Cottler Recognized for Professorship and Mentorship Awards

Last month, HealthStreet’s very own founding director, Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., MPH, FACE, was selected for UF Term Professorship and recognized as the recipient the 2019 Mentorship Award at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence’s 81st Annual Meeting in San Antonio. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence’s…

Meet the Panel: Medical Marijuana & Public Health [OCOH Town Hall, May 29th]

UF HealthStreet to host a town hall meeting on medical marijuana with national experts from the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). On Wednesday, May 29th, UF HealthStreet is hosting an Our Community, Our Health (OCOH) national town hall focusing on…

Collaboration Aims to Improve Public Health in Rural Areas

UF HealthStreet has entered into a unique collaboration with the Melrose Volunteer Fire Department to train off-duty firefighters as certified community health workers, or CHWs. Serving as part-time CHWs, the firefighters will become familiar with the resources available through UF HealthStreet and can then connect community members to those resources while…

SAVE THE DATE: May 29, 2019 – OCOH Town Hall on Medical Marijuana and Public Health

On Wednesday, May 29th, UF HealthStreet will be hosting an Our Community, Our Health (OCOH) national town hall focusing on medical marijuana and public health. We invite you to join the discussion on “medical” marijuana with our panel of neuroscientists, epidemiologists, pain medicine physicians, and addiction medicine specialists. We anticipate discussing the science…

Help Us Make 2019 the Best Year Yet!

Happy new year to all of our community members, near and far! It’s going to be a great year! At HealthStreet we’re always working to reduce health disparities and connect community members to research and one of the ways we do that is through the fun and educational events we host.

SAVE THE DATE: Jan. 22, 2019 – OCOH Town Hall on Healthy Aging

  On Tuesday, January 22nd, UF HealthStreet will be hosting an Our Community, Our Health (OCOH) national town hall focusing on healthy aging and how exercise and nutritional interventions can transform the aging process. We invite you to join longevity scientists and community members as they discuss the effects of evidence-based lifestyle interventions,…

Save the Date! Nov 29th: OCOH Town Hall on Diabetes: The Hidden Epidemic

Join us for the 20th national Our Community, Our Health town hall on November 29th to discuss the diabetes epidemic and the uncontrolled cost of insulin. This interactive town hall will: Focus on current diabetes research. Discuss the prevalence of diabetes and the relative lack of funding for research. Describe the skyrocketing cost of…