After Tara Suhs' graduation, she will apply to graduate programs with a focus in epidemiology or infectious disease. Long term, she'd like to research the extent of the environmental influences on the transmission of zoonotic diseases.
Leigh Robertson decided to use her graduate program as an opportunity to drill down to what truly impacts overall health as well as how to be a part of the healthcare delivery system while keeping population health in mind.
Sheri Silfies, an associate professor who joined the exercise science department's doctor of physical therapy (DPT) program this fall, and psychology associate professor Jennifer Vendemia are co-principal investigators on a nearly $1.6 million R01 NIH grant.
Based on his experiences in the biostatistics programs, Yinding Wang decided to continue this line of work after his 2016 graduation. First he joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an ORISE Fellow. Then he accepted a position there as a statistician.
Nabihah Kumte has had her sights set on becoming a physician for as long as she can remember. When she came to USC, her goal didn't waver but she found a new path for making it happen: public health.
The $746,989 grant will fund a three-year extension of the two-year K99 grant he received as part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pathway to Independence Award--a training grant designed to facilitate the transition from mentored postdoctoral research to independent research.
Communication sciences and disorders student Lyndsay Schmitt is pursuing a career as speech-language pathologist working with children who have developmental disorders.
Working with a team of researchers, Norman will use the grant to study socio-ecological coupling of antibiotic resistance and the potential risk of human exposure to antibiotic resistant pathogens in bioaerosols generated during munciple wastewater treatment.
Gamecocks Online features distance swimmer Kate Sanderson, who is a freshman studying exercise science at the Arnold School.
Wright is still determining what shape that career will take after he graduates in May of next year. He's exploring the various options public health offers, such administration and policy, with the goal of continuing his public health education.
West's work focuses on technology-assisted lifestyle interventions. She is particularly interested in identifying the most effective approaches to harness the platforms offered by technology to increase access and efficacy of lifestyle programs to promote healthy weight management.
Originally funded with a five-year, $5.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom government, this supplemental award from the Gates Foundation brings the total funding for the program up to nearly $6.3 million.