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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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.
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.
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.
A recent study led by Emily Hackworth has found that youth (ages 16-19) with internalizing mental health symptoms are more likely to turn to nicotine products (particularly electronic cigarettes) than their peers.
Arnold School researchers associated with the South Carolina Smart State Center for Healthcare Quality have published new research in the Annals of Epidemiology regarding the impact of COVID-19 infections on women who were pregnant before and during the pandemic.
Five projects supported by Prisma Health Research Seed Grants will be led by Arnold School researchers in 2025. Marta Bornstein (HPEB), Devin Bowes (ENHS)), Brian Chen (HSPM), Melissa Nolan (Epidemiology), and Elizabeth Regan (EXSC) each received up to $20,000.