I Am Public Health: Kimanh Le
In addition to social media use and overuse, the Norman J. Arnold Doctoral Fellow's interests include user experience research and design, recruitment methodologies, physical activity and mental health.
Roger Sargent looks back on the origins of the health promotion, education, and behavior department
Roger Sargent may have a background in biology, but he found his passion in public health. His Ph.D. program first introduced him to the field - a focus on human parasitology that brought him to USC's biology department in 1968.
Two Arnold School doctoral students recognized by the USC Graduate School
Salomé-Joëlle Gass (Ph.D. in Health Services Policy and Management student) and Berthe Abi Zeid (Ph.D. in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior student) have been awarded Trustee Fellowships.
2025 Access & Collective Engagement Awards announced
These awards are designed to recognize alumni, faculty, staff and students (graduate and undergraduate) who have made exceptional contributions to advancing access and collective engagement.
Remembering Distinguished Professor Emeritus Harriet Williams, who was instrumental to the exercise science department's founding and growth
While her specialty was working with children and their motor development, Williams looked at movement across the lifespan and was also known for her work in preventing and reducing falls among older adults.
Staff Spotlight: Rebecca Jordan
Rebecca Jordan attended USC for both her bachelor's and master's (MPH) degrees. She's devoted the past two decades to serving non-profit and health sectors, returning this year to serve as the Arnold School's Lead Senior Director of Development.
Epidemiology graduate to join Center for Applied Research and Evaluation
With a passion for using data to guide the planning and design of health programs and evaluating the impact of public health interventions, Adrienne Parkinson accepted a position as a researcher with CARE following her May graduation.
Top graduate student award winners announced
The top master's and doctoral students were honored at the annual Hooding Ceremony. Julie Warren (M.S. in Advanced Athletic Training) received the Jeffrey Keith Mattison Award, and Hannah Parker (Ph.D. in Exercise Science) won the Doctoral Achievement Award.
Mufaro Kanyangarara awarded Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship to develop graduate program in public and global health
Epidemiology assistant professor Mufaro Kanyangarara is one of 43 scholars to be awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship from the Institute of International Education this year.
Childhood experiences spark graduate's interest in infectious disease and environmental epidemiology
With Zach Drechsler's full-time position as a laboratory researcher his priority, USC's 100 percent Online Master of Public Health in Epidemiology program offered the perfect path to pursuing a graduate degree in the field.
Doctoral graduate uses epidemiology to study overlapping factors that impact public health
After winning the Outstanding Epidemiology Doctoral Student Award, Prince Addo plans to continue engaging in innovative epidemiologic research focused on modifiable risk factors for disease prevention and control.
Epidemiology graduate aims to advance global health
After graduating with the Arnold School's 2024 Doctoral Achievement Award, Rajat das Gupta will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to continue his research in molecular and genetic epidemiology in cancer.