I Am Public Health: Keandra Warren
Growing up in a rural part of the Lowcountry, Keandra Warren saw first-hand how the absence of specialized speech-language services can lead to community-wide disparities from an early age.
More and more pregnant people are planning births outside of hospitals, but at what risk?
A recent study led by Ph.D. in Epidemiology candidate Marion Howard compared the health outcomes of planned hospital births vs planned community births (i.e., births that were intended to take place at home or at a birthing center).
New study moves beyond food security to advance nutrition security by bolstering SNAP incentive programs
Exercise science assistant professor Elizabeth Adams is using her expertise in healthy dietary patterns among children and families to lead a five-year study focused on improving nutrition through SNAP.
Emma Boswell selected to join National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Fellows Program
Master of Public Health in Epidemiology alumna Emma Boswell is the eighth member of the Rural Health Research Center in the last decade to be invited to join the National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Fellows Program.
Remembering the Days podcast features Arnold School
Remembering the Days podcast host Chris Horn discusses five decades of growth and impact as the Arnold School celebrates 50 years: 1975-2025. Featuring Lill Mood, Russ Pate, Tom Chandler, and Tara Sabo-Attwood.
Half of rural SC families bypass local hospitals to deliver their babies in urban settings and experience worse outcomes
Rural and maternal health expert Peiyin Hung has published new research in JAMA Network Open on maternal health outcomes based on the hospital locations where rural South Carolinians give birth.
Leila Larson applies global health expertise to complex condition affecting many South Carolinians during pregnancy
Health promotion, education, and behavior assistant professor Leila Larson conducts her nutrition-focused maternal and child health research all over the world, and South Carolinians will soon benefit from her expertise.
Healthy start, healthy change
USC features Jihong Liu's MCH research into the developmental origins of disease – how the mother’s health in pregnancy affects her children’s – as well as how a woman’s experiences during pregnancy can affect her own health for a lifetime.
USC researchers offer insights on how the intersection of modern diets, climate, and food systems is increasing inflammation
USC researchers recently reviewed the existing literature on diet-induced inflammation, climate change, and food systems - finding numerous scientific papers focusing on each of these areas but very few that looked at their overlap.
Women are not small men
USC features exercise science assistant professor Katie Hirsch's efforts to make health research more inclusive by incorporating new methods to include women and remove barriers that have deterred scientists from including them previously.
SC Department of Environmental Services Director Myra Reece shares how her Arnold School degree prepared her for leading statewide efforts to improve public health
The Department of Environmental Health Sciences had only been offering their Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis on hazardous materials for a couple years when Reece applied.
Staff Spotlight: Krystal Cooper
A 2009 alumna of the Master of Health Administration program, Krystal Cooper found her way back to the Arnold School after nearly 10 years with large health care systems.