Population Health News

FIU launches Population Health Initiative to help improve health on a global scale

FIU researchers plan to tackle some of the world’s biggest health threats through its Population Health Initiative. [...]

Mom of 9 crushes coursework, throws herself into StartUP challenge

Camille Plummer does it all, thanks to family support and a drive to excel. [...]

Health-innovation challenge encourages students to rethink barriers to care

StartUP FIU and a global pharmaceutical company bring together entrepreneurial undergraduates to address disparities. [...]

FIU wins $19.4M NIH grant to fight health disparities

The research funding will target HIV and COVID-19, Alzheimer's disease and childhood cancer among minority populations. [...]

Researchers seek end to racial bias in maternal health

The Children’s Trust has awarded FIU’s Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS) a five-year, $1.37 million grant to combat racial bias in maternal health. [...]

Researchers intent on ending health disparities, elevating minorities and vulnerable communities

Faculty and students at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work are conducting transformative research and working firsthand with communities in need to reduce health inequities. [...]

Landmark study of adolescent brain development renewed for 7 years

FIU will continue as a research site for the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the U.S. for another seven years. [...]

Faculty member receives grant to examine use of telemedicine among South Florida’s vulnerable communities during COVID-19

Dr. Sahar Ajabshir, an assistant professor in the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, received a $50,000 grant from [...]

New project helps track coronavirus, health disparities in South Florida

The project includes COVID-19 cases and deaths in different parts of the region, as well as how cases break down by gender, race, age and ethnicity. [...]

National Institutes of Health awards FIU grant to study cancer screening among transgender Latinos

The National Institutes of Health awarded a team of social scientists from the Green School a grant to study cancer screenings among transgender Latinos. [...]