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Herndl's research focuses on feminist theory, American literature, medicine and disability studies. She is interested in the ways that a medicalized view of the body shapes not just our perceptions of other peoples’ bodies, but of our own.

Vermund is senior associate vice president of USF Health and dean of the University of South Florida College of Public Health. He serves as a Distinguished University Health Professor of Public Health and Pediatrics. In addition, he is director of the Cancer Control Prevention and Epidemiology Program for Tampa General Hospital and chief medical officer of the Global Virus Network, an international organization headquartered at USF.