Bridging the health care gap
USC features the rural health research and practice from faculty, staff and students across the university, with the Rural and Minority Health Research Center as one of the key leaders for these initiatives.
Jihong Liu wins national award for excellence in mentoring, teaching maternal and child health
The Coalition for Excellence in MCH Epidemiology recognized Jihong Liu with the 2024 National Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring.
I Am Public Health: Gitanjali Lall
A student in the Ph.D. in HPEB program, Gitanjali Lall uses principles of developmental psychology to improve community health and fundamentals of public health intervention research to improve early childhood development.
New grant will help researchers understand ways to reduce e-cigarette and cigarette use among teens
Health promotion, education, and behavior professor Jim Thrasher will investigate how social influences - particularly those through social media - impact teens' decisions to smoke and use e-cigarettes.
New research finds free summer programming reduces BMI gains, promotes health equity among children
A recent study showed that free summer programming successfully reduced children's Body Mass Index (BMI), whereas participants in the control group experienced increases in their BMIs during the summer months.
USC partners with health systems and patients to address chronic illness care across S.C.
Funded by an $11 million grant, USC’s new Center for Clinical and Translational Research allows health science researchers to take a new approach to addressing chronic health conditions and reduce patient hardships across the state.
Athletic trainers recognized for improving profession, patient care through legislative lobbying
The National Athletic Trainers' Association and Board of Certification, Inc. recently honored the South Carolina Athletic Trainers' Association with awards for achieving legislation to require licensure for the profession.
Doctoral student awarded funding to improve performance of tactical personnel
Earlier this year, Gianna Mastrofini was selected by the National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation to receive the organization's Women's Scholarship. More recently, they awarded her a $15,000 Graduate Research Grant.
From psychological to societal. Assistant professor unravels the layers of health determinants to promote equity
This fall, Lauren Fowler joined FIRST FIIRRE as an assistant professor of health promotion, education, and behavior. She uses transdisciplinary, mixed methods to look at how multi-level health determinants contribute to mental health inequities.
Staff Spotlight: Peyton Mosher
As the program coordinator for Maternal and Child Health training, Mosher helps implement the two major workforce development grants awarded Liu to bolster MCH training and curriculum opportunities at USC.
Dismantling social oppression to advance childhood nutritional health equity
Danielle Krobath's goal is to prevent and eliminate nutrition-related chronic disease disparities among children and families, and the epidemiology assistant professor has adopted a very broad lens to guide her approach.
I Am Public Health: Thomas Christensen
Thomas Christensen helps people age-in-place. His goal is to support adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities stay where they are, and he's using communication sciences and disorders to do it.