Mellissa Withers Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

APRU Global Health Held an Insightful Webinar on Bioethics and COVID-19

Posted on June 2, 2020June 18, 2020

Bioethics has been and will continue to be a key consideration during the COVID-19 crisis, as the pandemic has brought to light chronic injustices such as homelessness, and increases in discrimination and intimate partner vi... read more →

Social, Economic, and Political Events Affect Gender Equity in China, Nepal, and Nicaragua: A Matched, Interrupted Time-Series Study

Posted on February 15, 2020April 17, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Withers, M, Nguyen, TT, Darnell, APublished By: U.S National Library of Medicine Date: February, 2020Publication Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31937206/ ... read more →

The Manila Declaration on Migration and Health: commentary of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Program

Posted on January 25, 2020April 17, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Withers, M, Wipfli, H., Schenker, MB, Herbosa, T, Tigno, JVPublished By: BMCDate: January, 2020Publication Link: https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-020-0544-0 ... read more →

Upgrade needed for universities’ workplace wellness programs, new APRU survey shows

Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

APRU Global Health Program released its latest report on Workplace Wellness (WW) finding that although many universities have implemented a range of programs designed to promote employee health and well-being, thes... read more →

Understanding perspectives and lived experiences of at-risk Taiwanese teenage boys through photovoice

Posted on December 9, 2019

Victor Hsiao, Sunya Chen and USC's Dr. Mellissa Withers, associate professor of clinical preventive medicine, discuss the use of photovoice in understanding lived experience of at risk youth in Taiwan in an article published ... read more →

Social Media Platforms Help Promote Human Trafficking

Posted on December 5, 2019December 9, 2019

USC's Dr. Mellissa Withers, associate professor of clinical preventive medicine, discusses the role social media plays in facilitating violence against women and ways in which it can be stopped. Read » Details: Author: ... read more →

The Manila Declaration on the Drug Problem in the Philippines

Posted on November 11, 2019April 17, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Pimentel Simbulan, N, Estacio, Jr., L., Dioquino-Maligaso, C., Herbosa, T., Withers, M. Published By: Ubiquity PressDate: November, 2019Publication Link: https://www.annalsofglobalhealth.org/articl... read more →

Teledermatology: Meeting the Need for Specialized Care in Rural Haiti

Posted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019

In Haiti, rural populations lack access to specialized care, such as dermatology, yet dermatological conditions are common causes for primary care (PC) visits. Studies on teledermatology from resource-constrained settings de... read more →

A Mixed-Methods Study of Cultural Beliefs About Dementia and Genetic Testing Among Mexicans and Mexican-Americans At-Risk for Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on October 10, 2019April 17, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Withers, M., Sayegh, P, Rodriguez-Agudelo, Y, Montoya, L, Zuno-Reyes, A, Matute, E, Ringman, JPublished By: U.S National Library of Medicine Date: October, 2019Publication Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.... read more →

2019 Breman Global Health Fellows Conduct Research Abroad

Posted on October 2, 2019

Each year the Breman Global Health Fellowship is awarded to support students interested in global health and public service careers in a foreign country by funding clinical, field or laboratory research. In 2019, Agnes Premk... read more →