Research
Impacting individuals and communities through research
Our researchers seek to improve population and public health locally and globally through the pursuit of high-impact, transdisciplinary research. Highly active, the Department is recognized as one of the top research units of its kind in the country, ranking in the top 3 in terms of funding from the National Institutes of Health since 2006. Faculty are based in divisions and interdisciplinary research is conducted through centers and institutes.
Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD
Vice Chair for Research
Vice Chair for Research
A Message from Chanita Hughes Halbert
Thank you for visiting the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. Our faculty are leading groundbreaking research and generating novel discoveries to improve health and well-being for ALL. We look forward to partnering with you to advance population and public health science in our community and beyond.
I invite you to explore our research through our centers, institutes and labs, and through the divisions in which our faculty are based.
Institutes
Divisions
Centers
Faculty
Staff
Collaborative Research Across Divisions
Explore Global Health Research Engagements
Across the Department, faculty and staff are engaging in impactful global health research and program implementation activities. It is part of our continuous efforts to seek out opportunities to increase information sharing and collaboration across disciplines.
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Partners and Collaborators
By fostering meaningful collaborations within USC, with other university partners, and with agencies and organizations, our experts translate data into impact. See some of our partners and collaborators here.
Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Los Angeles County
Chief Sustainability Office
Los Angeles County
Emergency Food Security Branch
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USC Health Sciences Profiles
Use this tool to search for USC faculty and their research topics. To find faculty members from the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, filter by department for “Preventive Medicine”.