USC Department of Population and Public Health Sciences

Counting down to the first day of class! 💫What is global health? 🌎 Learn from Goleen Samari, PhD, associate professor of population and public health sciences, the basic principals of global health and current landscape of this field. 🍎What classes are you taking? #publichealth #globalhealth #gradschool #USC #university #backtoschool Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Ricky Bluthenthal Chanita Hughes-Halbert

A recent publication my colleagues and I drafted highlighted long-term mental health disparities among LA County residents during COVID-19.

“Initially, we engaged with a Native community in Modoc County, the farthest northeast county in California, to learn about their needs and perspectives of living in rural areas in relation to commercial tobacco control,” explains Claradina Soto, associate professor of clinical population and public health sciences. “We learned that more youth had started vaping and the adults had tried to dissuade them. However, when young people raised questions about common misconceptions around vaping, the adults did not know how to advise them. Essentially, they said ‘we need to understand vaping!’ Click here to learn about how she is tackling youth vaping in Native American communities through community partnership: https://lnkd.in/gJ-n6cin #usc #research #vaping #communityengagement #americanindian #nativealaskan #participatorybasedresearch

🚨American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) high school youth are twice more likely than the general population to use electronic vapor products. 📊 They also have the highest current cigarette smoking rate of any other race or ethnicity in this age group. 🔍 In order to address growing concerns around youth vaping in underserved and hard-to-reach AIAN populations, researchers from University of Southern California and the RESOURCES FOR INDIAN STUDENT EDUCATION INC (RISE), an American Indian education center, conducted a community-based participatory research initiative. 💬“Our aim was to foster a partnership to elevate community-based research to ensure that the populations we are working with are included in the entire process,” says Claradina Soto, PhD, associate professor of clinical population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. ⬇️ Learn more about this community-based participatory research initiative: https://lnkd.in/gJ-n6cin USC Research and Innovation Ricky Bluthenthal Chanita Hughes-Halbert USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Genevieve Dunton #usc #publichealth #vaping #AIAN #research #faculty #community #communityengagement #partnership

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: The Southern California Children’s Environmental Health Research Translation Center is seeking applications for 1-year pilot projects (up to $80,000), focused on translating research related to Urbanism, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Children’s Health, and Environmental Justice. 🗓️ Deadline: October 14, 2024 Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California University of Southern California ✅ Learn more and apply today : https://lnkd.in/gAqsBkuu

New student orientation: Done! ✅ We’re thrilled to welcome new Trojans to USC. So great to meet our incoming students in the Master of Public Health, Master of Science, and PhD programs. Fight On! ✌️ 🍎Are you ready to kick off the new school year? #usc #keckschoolofmedicine #publichealth #publichealthdegree Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Ricky Bluthenthal Chanita Hughes-Halbert Kim Siegmund Amie Hwang Cecilia M. Patino-Sutton, MD MeD PhD Richard Watanabe FARZANA CHOUDHURY Roksana Karim Roberta McKean-Cowdin Renee Stanley, MPH, CHES® Valerie Burris Rose Park, EdD, MPH Keisha Chandler

The California Department of Public Health is accepting applications for the California Pathways into Public Health (Pathways) Internship Program Spring 2025 Cohort!    The Pathways Internship Program partners with participating local health departments (LHDs) across the state to provide training, hands-on work experience, and ongoing support to community college, undergraduate, and graduate students through paid internships, offering students the unique opportunity to intern within their own community. The Pathways Internship Program includes professional development resources and engagement opportunities to support aspiring public health professionals.      • Internship cohort dates are February 3 through May 16, 2025.   • Onsite and/or hybrid, paid opportunities are available at LHDs throughout the state.    • Paid interns will receive a salary of $18-21 per hour and may work up to 29 hours per week.    • Paid interns must provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.   • Applicants must meet unit requirements and reside in California throughout the duration of the internship.  • DACA and international students are eligible to apply.     Interested applicants must apply by Monday, October 7, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.   An information session about the Spring 2025 cohort will be held on Thursday, August 29, at 12:00pm. Interested individuals can register via Zoom. A recording will be made available for those unable to attend.  Link to register for informational webinar: https://lnkd.in/g8HDeWe8 Link to apply for internship: https://lnkd.in/g55skXhA Link to minimum qualifications: https://lnkd.in/g55skXhA Visit us online at: go.cdph.ca.gov/pathways  Questions? Contact us at CalPPHInternship@cdph.ca.gov #internships #publichealth #california #work4ca #interns #intern

Want to learn more about addiction science? 🤔We’re highlighting some courses in our department like this one with Adam Leventhal, PhD, professor of population and public health sciences and Director of USC Institute for Addiction Science--the nation’s first university-wide comprehensive academic unit devoted to understanding, reducing, and preventing addiction epidemics. 🍎 Have you taken one of Professor Leventhal’s classes? If so comment below.. Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California #faculty #usc #publichealth #addiction #addictionscience #gradschool #publichealthdegree #education

Join us virtually or in Washington, DC for the Africa-U.S. forum: “Intergenerational Solidarity: An Issue for African Health Systems” on Monday, August 26, at 6:00 am PDT/9:00 am ET.   In the lead-up to the UN Summit of the Future, we will hear from African experts on what solidarity between current and future generations looks like for Africa’s health systems — from promoting health equity across the entire life course; to fostering intergenerational programs and services; to adapting health systems to meet the challenge and opportunity of demographic change.   This forum is being held in partnership between the Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy’s Africa-U.S. Forum and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health. The monthly Africa-U.S. forums are presented with George Washington University, Howard University, the University of the Witwatersrand (in Johannesburg), and the Public Diplomacy Council of America.   RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gW27wBGR

IN THE MEDIA: LA is home to 17 of the country's most polluted sites. Environmental epidemiologist Elizabeth Kamai, PhD, was interviewed by Spectrum News explaining the long-lasting effects of contamination. 💬 “There is research that shows that people who live near superfund sites have higher levels of of metals in their bodies. Heavy metals like lead or arsenic. There’s also research that shows there can be lower life expectancy on average in communities near superfund sites,” Kamai said. Click below to read more. Source: Spectrum News #faculty #research #losangeles #USC #environmentalhealth #contamination https://lnkd.in/gjRd_ana