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 public health issues, and their real-world effects, through interviews, discussions and...
Professors from the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences recently received 2020 USC Mentoring Awards. Raina Pang, PhD, Jessica Barrington-Trimis, PhD and Michael Cousineau, DPH were recognized for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students, Faculty...
Medical students at USC can now count public heath as part of their degree training. A new course titled “COVID-19: A 21st Century Pandemic: Will it Lead to Lasting Change?” educated nearly 200 second- and third-year medical students at the intersection of clinical...
Michael Cousineau, University of Southern California As the number of cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, continues to grow, the nation is on edge. Doctors and scientists do not know what percentage of the general population has been infected and...
Hayley Sayrs is a Master of Public Health student studying public policy at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She spoke with Larissa Puro in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. Upon returning from a statewide health policy conference in...
Hayley Sayrs, a Master of Public Health student studying public policy at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, traveled to Sacramento with her classmates to witness the interplay between politics and health. She spoke with Larissa Puro in the Department of...
The percentage of adults and children without health insurance declined dramatically in Los Angeles between 2011 and 2015, according to a new report from the LA County Department of Public Health, compiled with assistance from USC. The sharp decline—from...
As part of the USC Center for Health Journalism's "Remaking Health Care" blog series, Michael Cousineau, professor of clinical preventive medicine, explains how Medicaid has assisted Los Angeles County's efforts to house the homeless....
Photo: A representative from L.A. Care Health Plan, a public agency that provides health coverage to low-income Los Angeles County residents, speaks to USC students and alumni Mar. 24 at a career fair hosted by the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences....
USC public health and medical students visited the California State Capitol Building in Sacramento, where they heard state legislators discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act. Photo courtesy Kerresa Robinson. With the fate of the Affordable Care Act hanging in...