Operation Smile Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Apply now for the Operation Smile Research Fellowship

Posted on March 19, 2018April 26, 2018

UPDATE: The new deadline to apply is April 25, 2018 Enrolled part- or full-time USC students (Master of Public Health candidates preferred) are encouraged to apply for the Operation Smile Research Fellowship by April 25, 201... read more →

USC wins big at international global health case competition

Posted on March 29, 2017April 4, 2019

An interdisciplinary team of students representing four USC schools won the International Emory University Global Health Case Competition Mar. 25, joining the elite few to have clinched first place in the event’s seven year... read more →

Students pitch global surgery solutions

Posted on February 27, 2017February 27, 2018

Students from across USC’s campuses spent a week strategizing ways to improve Nicaragua’s surgical infrastructure as part of the sixth annual USC Global Health Case Competition Feb. 14. (more…)... read more →

02/14/17 – Progress & Innovation in Global Surgery

Posted on January 27, 2017August 21, 2018

In this lecture William Magee III, director of international programs at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, will discuss the progress and innovation making surgery safe and accessible around the world. (more…)... read more →

02/14/17 – 2017 USC Global Health Case Competition

Posted on December 22, 2016August 21, 2018

A case competition is a competitive exercise for students to creatively address a challenge within a limited timeframe. The annual USC Global Health Case Competition brings together teams of students from all disciplines to t... read more →

Vietnam works with USC and partners to develop health policy for safe, effective surgical care

Posted on November 14, 2016February 27, 2018

Along with a team of professionals from Operation Smile and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Assistant Professor Shubha Kumar recently traveled to Vietnam to assist in health policy development. (more…)... read more →

Meet Meghan McCullough, Tsao Global Surgery Fellow

Posted on November 10, 2016November 18, 2016

In her sophomore year as a pre-medical student at Harvard University, Meghan McCullough made a life-changing career decision: to train for a chance to make it to the Olympics or fulfill her ambition to become a doctor. Her c... read more →

USC leads international plastic surgery simulation training for Operation Smile

Posted on June 4, 2016

Nearly two dozen doctors from around the world visited the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently to enhance their medical skills and learn new surgical techniques. (more…)... read more →

The Global Surgery Partnership: An Innovative Partnership for Education, Research, and Service

Posted on August 20, 2015February 27, 2018

A new article in Academic Medicine explores a partnership between USC, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Operation Smile to build oral cleft surgical capacity in resource-poor settings through education, research and servic... read more →

Genetic risk factors for orofacial clefts in Central Africans and Southeast Asians

Posted on August 6, 2014February 27, 2018

In partnership with the USC Institute for Global Health and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Operation Smile, Inc., is investigating genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of clefts for its International Fami... read more →