"Modern food systems, which are designed to produce convenience foods that tend to have high inflammatory potential, exacerbate environmental degradation and shape the interwoven challenges of climate, nutrition and health." —James Hébert ow.ly/lFLC50XrGnc #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts

USC features exercise science asst professor Katie Hirsch's efforts to make health research more inclusive by incorporating new methods to include women and remove barriers that have deterred scientists from including them previously. ow.ly/J6RM50Xr2J5 #ResearchThatMatters @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

SC Department of Environmental Services Director Myra Reece shares how her Arnold School degree prepared her for leading statewide efforts to improve public health. ow.ly/6VKH50Xqt0X #PioneeringPerspectives #ArnoldSchool50 #ForeverToThee @uofscnewsy.bsky.social @uofscalumni.bsky.social

The next C-STAR Lecture will focus on Vascular Brain Health and Aphasia Recovery. We'll see you this Friday at 1pm to hear from Boston University's Maria Varkanitsa ➡️ https://cstar.sc.edu/

Brian Chen will enlighten you on the moral hazards and economies of scope in physician ownership of complementary medical services at the HSPM Friday Seminar Series on November 21. We'll see you there!

Meet Krystal Cooper! The Master of Health Administration alum returned to the Arnold School after nearly 10 years with large health care systems. Now she oversees key research projects in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. ow.ly/L4KA50XpmTI #StaffSpotlight #ArnoldSchoolProud

Congratulations to doctoral student Hiluf Abraha, who won the Epidemiology Section Student Abstract Award at the 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting this week! 🎉

26-author publication on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias harnesses power of collaboration using Team Science approach. ow.ly/6ZSt50XnIL0 #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uscresearch.bsky.social @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

Are you an Asian or Asian American, and 21 years+? Take a 5-minute survey for a chance to be selected to participate in a 1-hour interview discussing your opinion of tobacco use and anti-tobacco messages, earning a $50 online gift Card. Click here to see if you qualify: ow.ly/fVXX50XnwBu

We asked the Cancer Prevention and Control Program team to reflect on their “why," -why they do their work, what sustains them, and the impact they hope to have, using the Hedgehog Model of Strategic Leadership.🦔 Explore their responses to the 3 questions! ✏️: OoR Research in Action Oct Newsletter

We are so proud of public health major Hannah Brennen! She has pursued her passion for reproductive justice and improving maternal healthcare through research projects at the Arnold School of Public Health and the School of Medicine Columbia, co-authoring two publications. ow.ly/6j0a50Xn668

SmartState Endowed Chair John Brooks will lead the November 14 Friday Seminar series. Join the health services policy and management department to learn about using instrumental variable estimates to guide policies modifying treatment rates for musculoskeletal conditions.

📊 Big data may unveil the impacts of extreme weather events on child health and development in the U.S. A new study led by Dr. Leila Larson will find out ➡️ ow.ly/SmlM50Xmola ⛈️ #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uscresearch.bsky.social @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

Richard Strater has been an Arnold School staff member since 2020, but that’s not the only reason why the Master of Public Health degree he’s currently pursuing feels like coming full circle. Learn more with this month's #IAmPublicHealth feature: ow.ly/EFAv50XlKOJ #ArnoldSchoolProud

Colleagues, family, and friends are honoring Delores "Marie" Thomas today as the Nolan Lab, where she made such a difference, is renamed in her honor. ow.ly/pgmA50XkS3p

Environmental health sciences doctoral student and air quality researcher Khushboo has been recognized with USC’s International Student Excellence Scholarship. ow.ly/BPie50Xkj9Z #ArnoldSchoolProud

Infectious disease expert Melissa Nolan talks to USA Today about the the impacts of religious exemptions for vaccinations on measles outbreaks in schools. ow.ly/iAk250XiObY #ArnoldSchoolExperts @usatoday.com @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

Dom Francis’ interest in human physiology brought him to the Arnold School, but he stayed for the population-level impact. Learn how he's using his two degree with our latest #50CareersFor50Years profile: ow.ly/hLuu50XjIhz #ArnoldSchool50 #ForeverToThee @uofscalumni.bsky.social

You have two opportunities to learn from Arnold School seminars this Friday! First up is an HPEB Colloquium Series featuring the rapid collection of large-scale community input at 10am. Then the C-STAR experts will discuss cross-linguistic and multicultural framework in aphasia assessment at 1pm.

Thank you to all who attended our Time Capsule Ceremony on Friday afternoon. 🎉 It was a unique opportunity to reflect on our five-decade journey as a school & recognize some of the many people who have helped the us to evolve & succeed. Here’s to our next half-century of advancing public health!

Ever wonder what it's like to work in the NFL? Ten athletic training students got a preview this summer ➡️ ow.ly/NWx150Xhtt3 #ExperienceMatters #ClinicalEducation #Internships @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

Interested in global health? 🌎 Apply to our flexible program to earn a certificate of graduate study in the field ➡️ ow.ly/C1rO50XeZXP #ArnoldSchoolExperts #GlobalHealth

Attending APHA in Washington, D.C. this year? Be sure to join us for our special Alumni Social on November 3rd at Flight Club D.C. 🎉 We can't wait to see you!

Leila Larson has been awarded nearly three million dollars from the National Institutes of Health to lead a five-year study aimed at improving childhood health and development. ow.ly/JOK050XggyX #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts #GlobalHealth @uscresearch.bsky.social

Students! Don't forget to enter your research posters in our monthly competitions! Congratulations to our October winners, Kendall Doyle (M.S. in Athletic Training) and Callie Unrein (Ph.D. in Exercise Science)! 🥇 #ArnoldSchoolProud

In honor of our 50th Anniversary, we're burying a ✨time capsule✨ with some very special items to be unearthed in 2075! 🌎🤍🐔

What happens after an emergency room visit results in treatment medication for opioid use disorder? Ph.D. student Skylar Gross will discuss at the next HSPM Friday Seminar Series. Friday, October 31 1-2pm | Discovery Building 915 Greene St 331

Big congratulations to our inaugural SHARE Scholars! 🎉 Chao Cai (left), Bryan Michael Jenkins (middle), and Xueying Yang (right) have been awarded grants to pursue pilot projects that advance Alzheimer’s and related dementias research. ow.ly/FIjP50XeZxE #ArnoldSchoolProud @uscresearch.bsky.social

“I think one really important thing that drives my work is that it's really critical that we try to scale up our evidence-based programs to reach larger numbers and to try to change organizational practices.” Sara Wilcox, discussing the FAN program on the HPP podcast.

ICYMI: Amanda Rebar's most recent #habits research is hot off the press. Check out this synopsis from The Conversation. #ArnoldSchoolExperts #ResearchThatMatters ow.ly/kMBy50XbowA#habits#ArnoldSchoolExperts#ResearchThatMatterss.theconversation.com @amandarebar.bsky.social

Join us for a discussion on Deep Learning-Based Brain Age as a Biomarker of Post-Stroke Language Recovery led by Nicholas Riccardi at the next C-STAR Lecture this Friday. cstar.sc.edu/lecture...

Public Health Sciences Professor Fei Ye says she uses her Arnold School training every day as both a toolkit and compass. Learn more about this 2x alumna with our latest #50CareersFor50Years profile: ow.ly/lc6B50XbGzH #ArnoldSchool50 #ForeverToThee @uofscalumni.bsky.social

"They're either standards or they're a sex-specific standard. ... I think there's one really important caveat to this: those standards then need to make sense." —Shawn Arent, on new fitness standards for the military ow.ly/Y23o50XbmWv #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

Mark you calendars for a Global Health Initiative event on October 24 when environmental health sciences assistant professor Devin Bowes will discuss taking wastewater-based epidemiology from the local to global level. Zoom link ➡️ sc-edu.zoom.us/j/8735037162...

Thank you to all partners, speakers, students, community members and volunteers for their participation in the 2025 Statewide Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research Symposium on October 9th and 10th 🎉 View the photos: ow.ly/5zJO50XaCba

Would you like to use your statistical skills to improve health? Take a look at our Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics to build your knowledge or advance your career. ow.ly/PBf550X8U6V

It's that time again! Save the date (February 27, 2026) and submit your abstracts by December 19 for the Nutrition Consortium Annual Research Symposium ➡️ ow.ly/7aK150X8fAe

Meet Pengfei Guo! The new epidemiology assistant professor studies the health impacts of environmental exposures on women and children. ow.ly/bbIq50X9NoN #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uscresearch.bsky.social @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

Ever wonder how someone gets into entomology? Sometimes they start as a professional dancer, like Katherine Brown. The tick surveillance manager for the Nolan Lab danced on Broadway and cruise lines before the pandemic inspired her to pursue an epidemiology degree.

Allissa Desloge came to the Arnold School as an undergraduate, and now she's teaching her own students. Learn all about the community health assistant professor with our latest #50CareersFor50Years profile: ow.ly/VRTn50X9aOu @uofscalumni.bsky.social #ArnoldSchool50 #ForeverToThee

“Creatine should start to be considered part of an overall health plan. The same way we look at the importance of resistance training and aerobic exercise, and [it’s] arguably even more important than a multivitamin.” —Shawn Arent on the benefits of creatine to Men's Health

President Emeritus Harris Pastides takes us through five of the most pivotal years in the Arnold School’s 50-year history. You won't want to miss the latest installment of our #PioneeringPerspectives series ➡️https://ow.ly/mRuI50X8vMw #ArnoldSchoo50 @uofscnewsy.bsky.social @sc.edu

Take a look at what happens inside an infectious disease lab, like Melissa Nolan's, where her research teams investigates common and not-so-common threats to public health. ow.ly/58Rn50X80uI #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uscresearch.bsky.social @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

📢 We are accepting applications for our Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Certificate of Graduate Study through November 15 for Spring enrollment. Current students can share up to 12 hours between programs. Learn more ➡️ web.asph.sc.edu/mch/...

We can't wait to see you later this week for the 2025 Statewide Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Symposium! ➡️ ow.ly/1f7m50WaKbI

Register now for the 7th National Big Data Health Science Conference. We can't wait to see you February 12-13 ➡️ ow.ly/ms6450X4rUu

The Duke Endowment has awarded $650,000 to epidemiology professor Jihong Liu to continue developing a new program designed to protect the health of pregnant and postpartum women in SC. ow.ly/M5ye50X698L #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uscresearch.bsky.social @uofscnewsy.bsky.social

Looking for something to do this Columbus Day? Tune in to the epidemiology and biostatistics seminar at 1pm. Just email [email protected] for the link.