Brooke Edwards ’23 is one of the finalists of the 9th annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Student Poster Contest. The recent USC alumna was invited to attend the APRU Global Health Conference at the Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico...
Graduation Date: 2018, 2019 Degrees: Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (2018) Progressive Degree in Master of Public Health (2019) Kayla Tilton, MPH, an industrious and versatile recent USC alumna, has been recognized as one of the...
Brittney Marian is the recipient of the prestigious Individual Pre-Doctoral (F31) Award from the National Institutes of Health. Marian is a fifth-year student in the Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics program in the Department of Population and Public Health...
What are the connections between socially marginalized communities and the negative impacts of climate change? Commemorative events such as Labor Day and Indigenous Day, provide us with an opportunity to reflect on climate action through a sustainability lens. This...
Julia Stal is the recipient of the prestigious National Cancer Institute (NCI) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00). Stal was awarded $477,546 to study the multi-level influences of patient-, provider-, system- and policy-level factors to...
This fall marks 10 years since Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS, began serving as the Director of the Global Health Program of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), a consortium of 60 international universities. This network provides students a chance to deep...
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,...
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...
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,...
Growing up, Abigail Kim moved around a lot— And she hasn’t stopped since. During one summer in high school, she went on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya where she attended an international science camp. “I had a family friend who was a Professor in Public Health in nutrition,...
Why did you choose to pursue your degree at USC? USC always my dream school. What is one of your favorite memories from your program? The study of design methods. What course in your program did you enjoy the most and why? PM 510: Principles of Biostatistics because...