Earth Week 2022 and Keck School Sustainability
During Earth Week (April 18-22), and always, the Keck School of Medicine of USC strives to make health care as sustainable as possible. Through research, improving practices and awareness of the role medicine plays in contributing to and ameliorating environmental harm, we acknowledge that it takes a healthy planet to produce healthy people.
Earth Day 2022: Public health experts weigh in on the toll of climate change
From disparities to interdisciplinary teamwork, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers explore evidence and seek solutions By Wayne Lewis Scientists in the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Population and Public Health ... Read More »
How health care can go green
For physician-scientist Howard Hu, the irony is hard to take. The same medical community that makes its mission to improve health also substantially contributes to climate change.
Reducing air pollution could lower dementia risk
Improving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women living in the U.S..
USC environmental health sciences research center awarded $8 million NIH grant
USC’s hub for environmental health sciences research has secured a key grant to continue its work in Los Angeles and beyond well into 2025.
USC students tackle climate change in global simulation conference
“This simulation is a consequence-free experience that really cements in the minds of students all around the world that climate change is no joke," Santos said.
Exposure to persistent environmental toxins in everyday products may increase diabetes risk in Latina adolescents
“Because PFAS are in such widespread use and they don’t break down, they have made their way into the drinking water of roughly 200 million Americans."
Environmental pollution may contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in Alzheimer’s disease risk, says new study
"PM2.5 may contribute to the difference in Alzheimer’s disease risk based on race, and we also demonstrated that older African American women may be more susceptible to the particulate matter, but we still don’t know why."