Communications Director, College of Public Health and Health Professions
Jill Pease is the public relations director for the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. She is responsible for developing public relations and communications strategies to promote the college鈥檚 education, research and service activities. Before joining the college in 2001, she held public relations and marketing positions at an academic medical center in Ohio and a tertiary care hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. She received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English from Central College in Iowa.
In a long-term study of adults who have undergone bariatric weight loss surgery, University of Florida researchers found participants鈥� physical activity and鈥�
A University of Florida study sheds new light on the reason people who recover from a bout of severe COVID-19 are still at increased risk for death in the year鈥�
Beth Virnig, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, the sixth in the college鈥檚鈥�
Participants in a behavioral weight loss program that transitioned to a remote format during the COVID-19 pandemic lost about the same amount of weight as鈥�
With advancements in HIV treatments, people with HIV are living longer. More than half of Americans with HIV are now over age 50. Yet with longer lives comes鈥�
University of Florida faculty are leading a multistate team to boost COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates in parts of the country where health care鈥�
Local COVID-19 transmission was underway in California, New York, Florida and Texas well before the first reported U.S. case in Washington state on Jan. 20,鈥�
Patients who have recovered from severe COVID-19 have more than twice the mortality risk within the year following their illness than people who have not鈥�
University of Florida researchers studying the use of a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment paired with cognitive training have found the therapy holds鈥�
People who have recovered from a bout of severe COVID-19 may still have reason for concern about their health. A new University of Florida study has found that鈥�
As COVID-19 vaccinations continue to be administered around the world, a coordinated global response to viral variants that may threaten the protection鈥�
A new University of Florida study finds that patients with COVID-19 who displayed symptoms of disorientation and confusion were three times more likely to go鈥�