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APRU Global Health Program Student Poster Contest

Global health student poster contest

Posted on May 18, 2018June 1, 2018

The 2018 Association of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Program invites full-time undergraduate and graduate students to submit their global health posters for the 2018 APRU Global Health Program annual conference, ho... read more →

Jonathan Robinson has gone from making rescues in Orange County to leading lifeguard training trips in Turkey and Thailand. (Photo/Courtesy of Jonathan Robinson)

Lifeguard travels the world while earning USC Master of Public Health online

Posted on May 8, 2018

The moment San Clemente surfer Jonathan Robinson plunged into the Pacific to pass a lifeguarding test at age 17, his passion became his profession. (more…)... read more →

New online certificate course explores drones’ role in global health

Posted on April 26, 2018May 8, 2018

A new online certificate course offered through the USC Institute for Global Health June 4-24 will explore the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones) in public health, emergency response and related fields. (more&helli... read more →

Sofia Gruskin named director of USC Institute for Global Health

Posted on March 20, 2018August 21, 2018

Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, has been appointed director of the USC Institute for Global Health, Keck School of Medicine Interim Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, announced in a memo to faculty and staff on March 19. (more…)... read more →

Sofia Gruskin: We must follow California’s example and repeal archaic HIV laws

Posted on December 15, 2017January 7, 2019

California made national headlines when it repealed an HIV criminalization law and reduced penalties for exposing other people to the virus, writes Sofia Gruskin in her BMJ blog Dec. 15. She calls for other ... read more →

USC researchers develop method to monitor human rights in public health services

Posted on November 10, 2017August 21, 2018

New methodology strengthens public health monitoring using human rights (more…)... read more →

Global Perspectives on Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse

Posted on November 9, 2017May 2, 2019

A collection of research and experiences, the 2018 book Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse, spotlights pervasive issues affecting girls’ and women’s sexual and reproductive... read more →

United Nations group honors USC human rights leader

Posted on November 8, 2017August 21, 2018

Days after President Donald Trump first addressed the United Nations since taking office, UN supporters gathered to celebrate the organization—and to honor leaders including USC Professor of Preventive Medicine and Law Sofi... read more →

New course offers global health education abroad

Posted on November 7, 2017November 14, 2017

A new Problems Without Passports summer course in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences offers undergraduates the chance to learn about global health governance globally, nationally and locally. (more&hell... read more →

Quantifying underreporting of law-enforcement-related deaths in United States vital statistics and news-media-based data sources: A capture–recapture analysis

Posted on October 18, 2017August 25, 2018

Official death certificates in the U.S. failed to count more than half of the people killed by police in 2015 -- and the problem of undercounting is especially pronounced in lower-income counties and for deaths that are due t... read more →