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2012 APRU Global Health Program Workshop

The APRU Global Health Program: Past and Future

Posted on April 5, 2016August 25, 2018

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities is an international consortium of 45 universities in the Pacific Rim, representing 16 economies, 130,000 faculty members and more than two million students. The APRU Global Health P... read more →

Air Pollution: A Worsening Global Health Problem

Posted on November 18, 2015August 17, 2018

Director of the USC Institute for Global Health Jonathan Samet presented at the UCLA Center for World Health Nov. 5 regarding the rising global health threat: air pollution. In addition, National Geographic quoted him in i... read more →

USC to partner on air pollution and health study in Eastern Africa

Posted on October 13, 2015January 7, 2016

We are honored to be working with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia to develop the newly funded GEOHealth Network as part of the Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub—one of seven hubs around the world. Over the next five years, U.... read more →

Kids who vape 4x more likely to smoke tobacco, according to new JAMA study

Posted on August 20, 2015February 27, 2018

A new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Tuesday, finds teenagers who have used e-cigarettes are more likely to at least sample tobacco cigarettes, cigars or hookahs, according to co-author A... read more →

East Africa GEOHealth Hub convenes regional workshop in Uganda

Posted on May 15, 2015January 7, 2016

In April 2015, the Makerere University School of Public Health in Uganda hosted the second regional workshop for the East Africa GEOHealth Hub in Kampala, Uganda. (more…)... read more →

Air pollution, health, and human rights

Posted on October 22, 2014August 21, 2018

The activities of human beings contaminate the air with toxic pollutants. Air pollution has both short-term and long-term adverse effects, and contributes to non-communicable diseases.1 The Forum of International Respiratory ... read more →

Banning the Hiring of Tobacco Users: Where’s the Fire?

Posted on June 1, 2014August 21, 2018

This commentary addresses the article in this issue by Huddle and colleagues concerning the implementation of policies by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine and other academic health centers to n... read more →

Years later, psychological effects of Chernobyl linger

Posted on May 7, 2013January 12, 2016

Nearly three decades have passed since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Now a new report authored by USC researchers has estimated that millions of people may still be suffering from mental and physical health problems related... read more →

Green Cross releases study on long-term psychological consequences of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Posted on April 26, 2013January 12, 2016

via Green Cross — Despite 26 years passing since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, millions of people are still living in dangerous environments, and thousands are suffering health, social and financial impacts, but... read more →

Jonathan Samet via Green Cross: Human impact of Chernobyl disaster

Posted on November 5, 2012January 12, 2016

USC Institute for Global Health Director and Green Cross consultant Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S. discusses the human impact of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the challenges that will face affected people for decades... read more →