Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest freshwater lake. While it greatly contributes to the blue economy of the East African region, it is also the site of thousands of drownings each year. July 25 is World Drowning Prevention Day. This year, for the second time,...
Community Engagement Posts
Youth Ambassador Program: Community-led Research in Uganda
The pandemic provided an opportunity for many people to develop new skills, change careers, or even go back to school. This was true for Heather Wipfli, PhD, and her USC GRIT Lab which carries out public health research and service activities in low- and middle-income...
Linked through mission, L.A. and USC bring medicine and housing to the homeless via Street Medicine
USC PhD Candidate Teams Up with the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer to Catalogue Cancer Survivorships Services
For cancer survivors, the quality and availability of survivorship services is crucial to addressing their health needs following treatment. Researchers from the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences of Keck School of Medicine, Kimberly A. Miller, PhD,...
Staff Spotlight: Meet Yara Tapia, an Advocate for Efficient HIV Prevention Care Systems
Speaking to Yara Tapia, it is easy to hear her passion and extensive experience around sexual health advocacy. Tapia is a former HIV testing counsellor who advocates for equity in mental and sexual health. “I want to provide folks with the tools to understand HIV...
Maternal Health in Southern Africa
For many women around the world, pregnancy is a time of discovery. Routine screenings aim to protect mothers and their fetuses from infectious diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis. Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, clinical...
USC Norris shares $500,000 federal grant with Chinatown Service Center to improve equity in cervical cancer screening and treatment
Hot Enough for You? Why City Dwellers Say Yes—and What They Can Do About It
Dialogue Society revamps senior outreach
How health care can go green
On International Women’s Day, a USC researcher explains intersection of global health and women’s rights
Household pesticide use harms infant gross motor development, study shows
First-generation Latina doctoral candidate’s childhood exposure to pesticides inspires research