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Professor Gruskin joins committee for 2016 rehabilitation symposium

Posted on May 23, 2015August 21, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin has been invited by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) to join the Scientific Committee for IRCT’s 2016 Scientific Symposium focusing on delivering on the promise of ... read more →

Reproductive and Sexual Rights: Changing Perspectives

Posted on April 23, 2015September 15, 2015

This month professor Sofia Gruskin delivered a talk entitled "Reproductive and Sexual Rights: Changing Perspectives from Cairo & Beijing (1990s) to Transgender Population & the International Classification of Diseases... read more →

Professor Gruskin nominated to PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board

Posted on April 23, 2015September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin has been nominated to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPRAR) Scientific Advisory Board where, as a member of the board, she will provide ethical and technical advice and guidance to ... read more →

Masters Series: Understanding Constitutional Issues

Posted on March 23, 2015September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin was invited to the Pasadena Senior Center to deliver a talk entitled "The Human Right to Health: How Can Law and Rights Inform an Ethical Approach to Improving Health and Well Being?" focused on what a... read more →

Coming Out as an Advocate

Posted on March 23, 2015September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin delivered a talk this month at the first annual Southern California LGBT Health Conference, hosted at the USC Health Sciences Campus. Made up primarily of medical students from universities across sout... read more →

Dr. Ferguson travels to Kenya to Disseminate Findings of Zumberge

Posted on March 23, 2015January 9, 2016

Dr. Laura Ferguson recently returned from Kenya, where she was disseminating the findings of her Zumberge-funded research assessing the acceptability of a new policy on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (P... read more →

Quarantine: Balancing Human Rights with Medical Best Interests

Posted on March 23, 2015September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin was an invited panelist for the Zygo Student Lunchtime Series talk hosted by USC Dornsife, the USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, and the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study. The pan... read more →

Perspectives of Vulnerable US Hispanics With Rheumatoid Arthritis on Depression

Posted on March 5, 2015August 17, 2018

Despite the high prevalence of depression among vulnerable Hispanics with rheumatoid arthritis, many do not disclose it or seek treatment. Co-authored by Mellissa Withers, "Perspectives of Vulnerable US Hispanics With Rheumat... read more →

Sofia Gruskin to present keynote at Ireland health, human rights conference

Posted on February 23, 2015September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin, director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights at the USC Institute for Global Health, will present a keynote at the Feb. 6 human rights event for Ireland President Michael D. Higgins'Pre... read more →

Sofia Gruskin to deliver human rights keynote at Ireland President’s Ethics Initiative

Posted on January 29, 2015September 15, 2015

Professor Sofia Gruskin, director of the USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights, will present a keynote address following the introduction by President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland for a human rights conference taki... read more →