Health & Medicine

FSU expert on grief, trauma reflects on 50 years of teaching

Published: November 2, 2020 | 2:10 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, University News

College of Nursing Professor Sally Karioth celebrates 50 years of teaching at Florida State University during the COVID-19 pandemic. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University College of Nursing Professor Sally Karioth has spent the past 50 years practicing and teaching trauma and grief work. Now, as Karioth celebrates the rare milestone of teaching at FSU for five decades, the COVID-19 pandemic lingers month after month with no end in sight. Karioth said a myriad of factors are […]

College of Medicine researcher makes novel discoveries in preventing epileptic seizures

Published: October 13, 2020 | 1:36 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Sanjay Kumar, an associate professor in the Florida State University College of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Sciences (Colin Hackley)

A team of researchers from the Florida State University College of Medicine has found that an amino acid produced by the brain could play a crucial role in preventing a type of epileptic seizure. Temporal lobe epileptic seizures are debilitating and can cause lasting damage in patients, including neuronal death and loss of neuron function. […]

FSU Panama City to offer bachelor’s degree in public health

Published: October 12, 2020 | 4:23 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

Randy Hanna, dean of FSU Panama City, said the pandemic highlights the need for public health programs.

FSU Panama City will offer a new bachelor’s degree program in public health, beginning fall 2021. Graduates of the program, which falls under the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, will earn a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and be educated in the policy, practice and methods of public health. “We are excited […]

FSU College of Nursing partners with United Health Foundation to establish Military Health concentration

Published: September 22, 2020 | 10:09 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine, University News

The FSU College of Nursing has partnered with the United Health Foundation to prepare nurse practitioners to better address the distinct health needs of individuals who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University’s College of Nursing has received a $1.25 million commitment from the United Health Foundation to prepare nurse practitioners to better address the distinct health needs of individuals who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The three-year partnership with the United Health Foundation will allow the FSU College of Nursing to equip […]

Study finds that COVID-19 is hitting older Black and Latinx persons hardest

Published: August 31, 2020 | 10:52 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Health & Medicine, News

Assistant Professor Patricia Homan and her co-authors found COVID-19 is disproportinately hurting communities of color. (FSU Photography Services/Bruce Palmer)

A study co-authored by a Florida State University researcher has found COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting people of color in the United States.   Patricia Homan, assistant professor of sociology and associate at the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at FSU, said she and her fellow researchers found that the difference between how COVID-19 affects […]

FSU professor wins national outstanding sport scientist award

Published: July 9, 2020 | 12:26 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

A Florida State University professor has won the top sport scientist award from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Michael J. Ormsbee, an associate professor in the College of Human Sciences’ Department of Nutrition, Food & Exercise Sciences, has been selected as the organization’s 2020 William J. Kraemer Outstanding Sport Scientist Award. “I am honored […]

FSU College of Medicine pipeline program participants win bounty of scholarship support

Published: June 23, 2020 | 12:20 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

From left, SSTRIDE students Britney Garcia, Gisselle Nava and Ruth Bellevue observe how to take a brachial pulse in a baby. Courtesy of FSU College of Medicine

Twenty-two Immokalee High School seniors completing a college pipeline program with the Florida State University College of Medicine have combined for more than $2 million in college scholarship offers. “This SSTRIDE Class of 2020 from Immokalee has exemplified what the vision of SSTRIDE was created to achieve,” said Thesla Berne-Anderson, executive director of college and […]

University Health Services meets students where they are through telehealth

Published: June 23, 2020 | 12:16 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University Health Services (UHS) at Florida State University is providing care to students through telehealth services. (FSU Photography Services)

Aspects of society have adjusted to a virtual reality due to COVID-19, and doctors’ visits are no exception. From physical therapy to psychiatric treatment and acute care, University Health Services (UHS) at Florida State University is continuing to provide quality care to students through telehealth services. Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information […]

FSU researchers find resilience, not loneliness, in nationwide study of pandemic response

Published: June 22, 2020 | 11:42 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

A study from the Florida State University College of Medicine found that social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has not led to an overall increase in loneliness among Americans.

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has not led to an overall increase in loneliness among Americans. That’s the takeaway from a comprehensive, nationwide study by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers who surveyed more than 2,000 people before and during the enactment of stay-at-home policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study […]

FSU researchers find access to mental health facilities in Florida varies

Published: June 16, 2020 | 12:36 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the FSU Department of Geography analyzed how long it takes people across Florida to travel to a mental health facility by car in free-flowing traffic. Clockwise from top left are co-authors Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Eren Erman Ozguven, Professor of Geography Mark Horner, geography doctoral student Kyusik Kim and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering doctoral student Mahyar Ghorbanzadeh.

The demand for mental health services may be growing, but access to these facilities is still a challenge for many Floridians, Florida State University researchers found. In a study published in Transportation Research Part D, researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the FSU Department of Geography analyzed how long it takes people across […]

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