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Short films touch on health, culture and immigration
Three documentaries reveal the challenges faced by Trojans and their families A new mini-documentary series highlighting immigrant families’ experiences and health challenges puts faces and stories to under-studied health issues. Produced by the USC Immigrant Health Initiative (iHi) and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the three short films illustrate… Read More »Latest News
Short films touch on health, culture and immigration
August 22nd, 2014Three documentaries reveal the challenges faced by Trojans and their families A new mini-documentary series highlighting immigrant families’ experiences and health challenges puts faces and stories to under-studied health issues. Produced by…
Health inequalities among immigrants is topic of discussion at iHi event
November 9th, 2012University of Washington sociologist David Takeuchi spoke about old and new health inequalities among immigrants at an event hosted by USC’s Immigrant Health Initiative. KPCC provided coverage of Takeuchi’s speech. Read the…
USC professor pens New York Times editorial about the next immigration challenge
September 7th, 2012Dowell Myers, USC professor and director of Population Dynamics Research Group, at the Sol Price School of Public Policy wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times about the need to…
New Health Initiative Focuses on Immigrants
September 7th, 2011A diverse panel of experts from eight USC schools, led by Lihua Liu, assistant professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC,…
Vega Speaks at First Immigrant Health Initiative Seminar
September 7th, 2011Provost Professor William Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, delivered the inaugural lecture for the Immigrant Health Initiative seminar series…