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...
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Meet Kayla Tilton: A USC Alumna Named to de Beaumont Foundation’s 40 Under 40 in Public Health
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...
PhD Student Brittney Marian Receives F31 Award from the National Institutes of Health
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...
Students Voice their Concerns on Climate Change: Sustainability & Climate Education through Action-Learning
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 Receives National Cancer Institute Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00)
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...
APRU Director Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS, marks 10th year of organizing global health programs at USC
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...
World Drowning Prevention Day: USC Faculty hosts Splash Camp
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,...
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...
After Family Friends’ Double Homicide, Online Public Health Student Vows to Combat Gun Violence
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,...
#2023Trojan: Meet Abigail Kim, Master of Public Health Graduate
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,...
#2023Trojan: Meet Baiyi Chen, Master of Science in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology Graduate
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...