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.
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A new University of Florida study of non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white adults links chronic knee pain and key demographic factors to differences in鈥�
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A new University of Florida epidemiological study, based on contact tracing data from thousands of households in Wuhan, China, finds that while children are鈥�
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Half of former NFL players who used opioids early in their retirement were still using opioids nine years later, according to a new University of Florida鈥�
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The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced the fact that racial, income and social inequalities play an important role in health and disease. The same is true for鈥�