Having grown up in the South, Rachel Gressick is particularly interested in these areas of research within the context of the Southeastern United States due to the cultural and political influences - as well as their consequences - within the region.
Melinda Merrell (Ph.D. in HSPM '19) has been awarded the Gerry Sue Arnold Alumni Award, and Sara Goldsby (MPH in HSPM '15) is the recipient of the Norman J. Arnold Alumni Medal.
Thanks to efforts from the Office for the Study of Aging, Governor Henry McMaster has issued a proclamation declaring May to be Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults Awareness Month in SC.
Kendall Doyle's favorite thing about athletic training is the opportunity to be there for athletes from start to finish. It's a unique health care role because athletic trainers are present from injury prevention to inception through rehabilitation and finally return to play.
At the Arnold School, Amber Buckingham served on the Dean's Student Advisory Council, Undergraduate Lead Ambassadors, and Undergraduate Dean's Advisory Committee. She also contributed to research at the BRIE Lab.
Mahbub Alam began studying environmental sciences more than 15 years ago, when the young student was passionate about understanding the environmental and public health challenges that arise in a rapidly developing country like his native Bangladesh.
Over the past several years, Carlos Avalos has developed research interests in diabetes epidemiology, mental health outcomes, and youth and young adult populations.
With plans to pursue a career in health care, USC caught Caitlin Monaghan's eye because it offered a strong academic foundation and an array of opportunities through the Arnold School of Public Health.
Daniel Amoatika's work focuses on cognitive decline, pharmacoepidemiology, causal inference and the use of real-world data to address public health problems.
Athletic trainer Zdenka Horwath is one of the first students to complete a Certificate of Graduate Study in Critical Incident Management & Primary Care in Athletic Training to expand her expertise.
During her time in the Master of Public Health in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior program, Bria Singleton dug deeper into the importance of creating culturally relevant public health programs and initiatives to best meet the needs of modern populations.
USC features Alina Tofiqul, who says public health encapsulated many of her interests, and it also offered her a different perspective on medicine that she felt would complement her future medical education.