Martha Selmon's experiences providing and receiving health care services with the U.S. Army are what led her to pursue an MHA. She is particularly interested in health disparities, provider burnout and the health of military veteran populations.
Honors College student Courtney Tkacs, who is majoring in public health and political science, has been elected as the USC Student Body President for 2025-2026.
The department and other close colleagues and friends will share their stories of Al, who passed away in February at the age of 86, at a Celebration of Life lunch on April 11, 2025.
Gary Cooper has reached a stage in his life and career where he has wisdom to share. A serial entrepreneur who has bought, sold and led multi-million-dollar health care organizations, the MHA alumnus ('96) says his success almost cost him his life.
Moving to the South after a decade abroad was a bit of a culture shock for Katherine Tse. The HSPM grants coordinator has found all of the upsides though, including a love for college sports.
The Office of the Provost has selected health promotion, education, and behavior professor Brie Turner-McGrievy as the 2025 recipient of the USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Health Sciences.
Three exercise science faculty members have been selected to receive the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the National Athletic Trainers' Association: Toni Torres-McGehee, Jim Mensch, and Susan Yeargin.
After graduating this year, Holberger is looking forward to serving the state using his more refined environmental risk assessment skill set and fostering continued collaborations between the Department of Environmental Services and the Arnold School.
Health promotion, education, and behavior professor Jim Thrasher is the inaugural recipient of the Excellence in Scientific Leadership and Collaboration Award for his efforts to reduce tobacco use over the past 25 years.
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders' newest assistant professor Sigfus Kristinsson is the recipient of the Lawrence M. Brass, MD, Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Stroke.
Researchers from the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior have published a new study that challenges the use of Growth Monitoring and Promotion to detect growth faltering in children.
Lillian Mood (Lill) graduated with the inaugural cohort of the Arnold School's first degree program, the Master of Public Health. The public health nurse went on to have a long career serving South Carolinians in various roles with the Department of Public Health.