POP: Perspectives on Public Health audio series launches
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences has launched a new audio series – POP: Perspectives on Public Health. The occasional series explores a broad spectrum of ... Read More »
Study: COVID-19 pandemic widens exercise gap between younger schoolchildren and adolescents
Parents estimate children pursued less physical activity and sat more, according to Keck School of Medicine of USC research By Wayne Lewis Walking is a great form ... Read More »
The disaster artist
Master of Public Health recipient Nicole Mercado Anazagasty has lived through disasters, and the Puerto Rico native plans on helping others through them, too Back in December 2017, ... Read More »
Effects of West Coast wildfires go beyond evacuations and air quality
The sky across California darkened and turned orange in September as smoke from many wildfires across the state created a massive smoke cloud, changing the sunlight and ... Read More »
Cancer Surveillance Program welcomes new director, Lihua Liu
Lihua Liu, an associate professor of clinical Population and Public Health Sciences, has been named the director and principal investigator of USC’s Cancer Surveillance Program (CSP). Established by ... Read More »
Do cannabis stores target minorities in California?
(Photo/iStock) California neighborhoods where cannabis retailers are located tend to have higher proportions of Hispanic and Black residents, and lower proportions of whites, while also being ... Read More »
Sofia Gruskin named to Lancet’s Gender and Global Health Commission
Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, director of the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and professor of preventive medicine, has been appointed to The Lancet’s Gender and Global Health ... Read More »
Watch ‘The Intersection of Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Addiction’
Adam Leventhal and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula On Thursday at 1 p.m., join Adam Leventhal, PhD, Director of the USC Institute for Addiction Science, and Rosalie Liccardo ... Read More »
Living near natural gas flaring poses health risks for pregnant women and babies
Flare stack at petroleum refinery in Port Arthur Texas. (Photo/iStock) Researchers from USC and UCLA have found that women living near natural gas and oil ... Read More »