Recognized Posts
USC Assistant Professor selected for prestigious JPB Environmental Health Fellowship
Assistant Professor of environmental health, Max Aung, PhD, MPH, has been selected as a 2022 JPB Environmental Health fellow. This competitive fellowship program supports junior faculty members in the U.S. who demonstrate expertise, commitment, and enthusiasm toward...
USC faculty member wins Award of Excellence for emergency preparedness
Associate Professor Rita Burke, PhD, MPH, has been selected as a 2022 recipient of the Award of Excellence from the Business and Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness (BICEPP). The organization is a non-profit association in emergency management...
USC student wins American Association of Public Health student award
Isabella Hernandez is a 2022 recipient of the Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) Student Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA).
USC Latino Alumni Association Scholar advises next generation of public health students
Reyna Macias, MPH '11 is a 2022-2023 recipient of the USC Latino Alumni Association (LAA) scholarship. She is one of six scholars from the USC Department of Population and Public Health Science to receive this recognition this year. Macias is currently a...
Faculty members honored with USC Mentoring Awards
Faculty members from the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences received 2022 USC Mentoring Awards at a reception hosted by the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching. Pictured: Heather Wipfli, PhD and students at the World Health Assembly. Photo courtesy...
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences ranks #2 in NIH funding seven years running
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences ranks as one of the top research units of its kind in the country.
Top score for USC and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’ joint clinical and translational research program
USC and CHLA win $24.5 million NIH grant to establish center aimed at improving Latino health across Southern California
USC environmental health sciences research center awarded $8 million NIH grant
By Cristine Hall 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. The Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center received a five-year, $8 million grant from the...
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati receives CRSSLA COVID Leadership Award
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH, professor of preventive medicine and Associate Dean for Community Initiatives, has received the CRSSLA (Community Response System of South Los Angeles) COVID Leadership Award. Baezconde-Garbanati says the award was bestowed by...
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati earns AACR Distinguished Lectureship
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati. (USC Photo/Chris Shinn) Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH, Associate Dean for Community Initiatives, was the recipient of the 2020 American Association for Cancer Research Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health...