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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…

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.

In Case You Missed It: OCOH, “Diabetes: The Hidden Epidemic”

On Thursday, November 29th, UF HealthStreet hosted a town hall meeting about how diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic. The interactive forum was livestreamed, allowing both in-person and online audience members to have their questions answered by the panel of experts. View the livestream The…