Study outlines why housing needs often force owners to give up pets
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Housing policies may be becoming more pet inclusive, but housing insecurity is getting worse, finds a new study that examined the housing…
Jill Pease
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’s 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’s degree in English from Central College in Iowa.
Stories by Jill
Study explores association between fluoride exposure in pregnancy and neurobehavioral issues in young children
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Higher fluoride levels in pregnant women are linked to increased odds of their children exhibiting neurobehavioral problems at age 3,…
Brain stimulation treatment may improve depression, anxiety in older adults
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A noninvasive brain stimulation treatment improved depression and anxiety symptoms among older adults in a new University of Florida…
UF team plays major role in success of newly approved Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Duchenne muscular dystrophy families, advocates and health care providers celebrated a milestone in March with the U.S. Food and Drug…
UF Health expert: How parents can set children up for reading success
One of life’s greatest pastimes may be settling in with a terrific book. In honor of March’s National Reading Month, Laurie Gauger, Ph.D., an assistant…
Chronic inflammation and poverty are a ‘double whammy’ for mortality risk
A new study led by a University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions researcher finds that people with chronic inflammation living in…
New University of Florida project uses AI to improve treatments for childhood muscular dystrophy
A project led by a researcher in the University of Florida's College of Public Health and Health Professions seeks to improve the effectiveness of clinical…
Making sense of Medicare Advantage plan advertising
If you watch television, listen to the radio or use the internet, it is hard to miss advertisements for Medicare Advantage plans. It’s open enrollment time, so…
For elementary schoolchildren, just 15 minutes of daily exercise improves lung health
Setting aside just 15 minutes a day to walk or run led to improvements in lung function among a group of elementary schoolchildren after only three months, a…
Researchers feature successful diabetes interventions in drive to end global health disparities
Worldwide rates of diabetes are expected to nearly triple over the next two decades to an estimated 1.3 billion people with the condition by 2050. To address…
UF expert answers questions about the newly approved RSV vaccine
On May 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline to prevent respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in older…
Weight-stigma study identifies self-image paradox
A new University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions study finds that a large proportion of participants in a study on weight stigma…
