USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences

January 5 - 11, 2020

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RMHC Participates in Annual USF Health Interprofessional Education Day

USF Health sponsored the Annual USF Health Interprofessional Education Day (IPE) on November 13. The 2019 IPE Day focused on addressing the Opioid Crisis in the Tampa Bay Community through an interprofessional lens. The morning was open to the public and included Tampa Mayor Jane Castor as the keynote speaker and a panel discussion of experts across the health profession. The afternoon breakout session was an invite-only event and was a competition across disciplines to come up with solving the opioid crisis from a medical systems perspective.

The RMHC program had two facilitators in the afternoon and one student, Alex Kawliche, who ultimately was a finalist in the competition. Dr. Jillian Heilman, visiting instructor for the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Program and Dr. Vicky Buckles, Director of the Addictions and Substance Abuse Certificates in RMHC, represented CBCS as facilitators during the afternoon session. Full story...

CSD Associate Professor to Serve Second Term on Editorial Board

Dr. Nathan Maxfield, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been invited to serve a second term on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR) in 2020. Dr. Maxfield's first term was in 2018. The appointments to the JSLHR Editorial Board recognize Dr. Maxfield's expertise in speech production and fluency disorders.

CFS Honors Community Partners at 2019 Awards Luncheon

Community partners, university partners, faculty and staff were recently recognized at the 2019 CFS Awards Luncheon. Each year, individuals are honored for their contributions to the department. View honorees...

CBCS In the News

Should a 13-year-old accused of murder be in the adult system?
Tampa Bay Times
...said Kathleen Heide, a criminology professor at the University of South Florida and expert in juvenile homicides, specifically...

 

Why do people wind up back in jail? In Pasco, USF researchers try to find out
Tampa Bay Times
In 2018, Bryanna Fox got what she called "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." The University of South Florida criminology associate professor, along with colleagues and students, got access to the Pasco County jail.

 

Manatee County Approves Syringe Exchange Program
Bay News 9
Joshua T. Barnett, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, obtained unanimous support from the Manatee Board of County Commissioners for a local ordinance to allow for an Infectious Disease Elimination Program to provide syringe exchange and other health related services.

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