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.
William Capell's commitment to practicing medicine grounded in public health has been inspired by his desire to advance population health as well as his direct interactions with patients.
Krotish is an 2007 graduate of the Arnold School's Ph.D. in Exercise Science program who has returned as a faculty member. And she didn't come alone. Silas, her service animal, has his own USC ID and is always by her side.
Though invisible to many, public health projects were always underway in Victor Delgado's hometown of Laredo, Texas, so he developed an appreciation for the field from a young age.
USC features the work of health services policy and management associate professor and Rural Health Research Center co-director Peiyin Hung, who strives to improve rural health disparities.
Behind many of the most impactful medical advances are mathematical savants - behind-the-scenes superheroes who are working with vast stores of data to improve public health. Ph.D. in Biostatistics candidate Zichun "Liela" Meng has been developing her skills in this area for nearly a decade.
With little historical data on the prevalence of West Nile virus in the state of South Carolina, members of the Delores Marie Thomas Research Lab have assessed its presence in the Palmetto State.
Researchers believe it's time for a mindset shift. Instead of viewing exercise as a temporary treatment for the condition, clinicians and patients should view physical activity as a lifelong behavior.