Big Data Health Science Center brings big minds, big ideas
USC features the Big Data Health Science Center, digging into how data analysis can improve health care outcomes across South Carolina but emphasizing that the workforce must be cultivated.
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB) is an interdisciplinary department that applies the social and behavioral sciences to improve public health.
HPEB conducts innovative research and prepares future leaders to improve public health locally, nationally, and globally. Our faculty and students address how interventions, social context, health care systems, and physical environments influence health behaviors and health status, with an emphasis on disadvantaged populations.
Departmental strengths include:
In addition to an undergraduate minor, we offer four advanced degrees related to health promotion, education and behavior as well as three graduate certificate programs. Each graduate degree and certificate has specific application deadlines and requirements.
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USC features the Big Data Health Science Center, digging into how data analysis can improve health care outcomes across South Carolina but emphasizing that the workforce must be cultivated.
A nationwide search is underway for the next dean of the Arnold School, and Chandler is prepared to hand over the reins after 17 years as its leader. His office is packed, and, here, he unpacks his reflections on his tenure as dean.
USC features the work of Food is Medicine researchers, who are developing a map to better identify areas where people disproportionately experience a lack of access to food.
Since she joined USC last fall, the HPEB assistant professor has continued working to understand the sexual and reproductive health needs of LGBTQ+ people and is looking at abortion in the United States’ changing environment.
Research led by HPEB associate professor Hala Ghattas and published in Public Health Nutrition has revealed what may be a major factor in the rise of childhood obesity in the Middle East and North Africa.
A recent study led by HPEB assistant professor Leila Larson and published in Public Health Nutrition has shed more light on the interplay of factors that cause anemia in mothers and children in low- and middle-income countries.