For OBÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Professor, , the health and wellbeing of a community is tied directly to the health of the environment around it. It’s that belief that influences Wells’ work and has led to a productive partnership with a Tampa-area nonprofit transforming an in-need community right in USF’s backyard.
Since late-2016, Wells, along with graduate and undergraduate students from USF, have been working in conjunction with the (UACDC). The UACDC is a public/private partnership focused on the redevelopment and sustainability of at-risk areas surrounding the USF Tampa campus.
“Our group looks at the relationship between environmental health and human health – and how if you improve the health of the