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NEW RESEARCH: E-cigarette and cannabis social media posts pose risks for teens, study finds. The study led by health behavior researcher Julia Vassey, PhD, was published in JAMA Open Network. Read the findings here⬇️ @keck.usc.edu keck.usc.edu/news/e-cigar...

✨New USC study links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes. Learn how by reading this recent publication led by our postdoctoral researcher Roxana Khalili, PhD. @keckschoolusc.bsky.social @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social @usc.edu keck.usc.edu/news/new-usc...

✨Research Associate Chibuzor Babalola, MD, MPH, has been awarded the Summer Research Fellowship from the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) to conduct research on chlamydia trachomatis infection during pregnancy. Learn more here: bit.ly/3SY1UlF @keckschoolusc.bsky.social

Global Climate Change Leadership 2025: Students take the lead as future policy makers. ✨Students from the University of Southern California participated in the Global Climate Change Leadership program hosted by The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) keck.usc.edu/news/global-...

Meet the 2025–2026 Dhablania and Kim Family Global Medicine & Health fellows: Students will conduct research and clinical work in a country of their choice, deepening their understanding of global health issues through hands-on experiences. @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social keck.usc.edu/news/meet-th...

✨Our faculty, Drs. Vaia Lida Chatzi and Max Aung are studying the health impacts of PFAS, a group of manmade chemicals linked to fatty liver disease, fertility issues, learning delays, hypertension, cancer & other ailments. @keckschoolusc.bsky.social @usc.edu today.usc.edu/battling-for...

Interview by @kcrw.com on cuts to Narcan funding and its implications with the always insightful @somasnakeoil.bsky.social . @uscpphs.bsky.social @keck.usc.edu www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...

How are children’s lives impacted by disasters and how prepared are we at addressing their needs? 📝MD/MPH student Christine Raj, provides insights published in a FEMA funded report. 💡Read about her work and other student stories in our annual report. stories.keck.usc.edu/pphs2425/ind...

✨New Study Shows AI Can Predict Child Malnutrition, Support Prevention Efforts. 💡A multidisciplinary team of researchers including Laura Ferguson, PhD, has developed an AI model that can predict acute child malnutrition in Kenya. @sac.usc.edu @keck.usc.edu viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/05...

✨NEW RESEARCH: Changes in BMI during adolescence may explain link between air pollution exposure and insulin resistance, study shows. 💡Read the study led by postdoc researcher Fangqi Guo, PhD. @keck.usc.edu @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social keck.usc.edu/news/changes...

Congratulations, Class of 2025 🎓 We can’t wait to see all you will accomplish! Welcome to the Trojan alumni family. Fight On Forever!✌️ @keck.usc.edu @usc.edu @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social

🎓Introducing Dr. Raymond Hughley with Drs. Bluthenthal and Hughes Halbert. ✨Hughley graduated with a Doctorate in Epidemiology. ✌️Fight On Forever! #KSOMGrad #USCGrad #Classof2025 @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social @keckschoolusc.bsky.social

🎓 The world better get ready… because here comes the Class of 2025! 💪🔥 #KSOMGrad #USCGrad @usc.edu @keck.usc.edu @uscalum.bsky.social @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social

Congratulations to our MD and @uscpphs.bsky.social graduates! 🎓 #KSOMGrad2025

✨Meet Miguel Bugayong:🎓2025 Undergraduate Student Speaker and Aspiring Physician. “Speaking at commencement means the world to me. It’s a chance to honor my journey and also share the stories and sacrifices of all the people who have supported me." @keck.usc.edu keck.usc.edu/news/meet-mi...

✨ Meet Juan Luis Flores,🎓 a first-gen college student graduating with a Master of Public Health: Global Health degree. Flores plans to be a physician. “I hope to bridge the gap between clinical practice and public health by integrating population-level insights into individual patient care.” ✌️

🎓Class of 2025: Graduate & Doctoral Students turn their training into action. As our students get set to cross the stage, we highlight a few graduate-level students from our programs. #USCGrad #KSOM #classof2025 #KSOMGrad2025 keck.usc.edu/news/class-o...

📰 NIH to award $8 million for new USC Superfund Center to research and address ‘forever chemicals.’ This collaborative effort is led by ShARP Center Director and faculty member Vaia Lida Chatzi, MD, PhD. @uscedu.bsky.social @keckschoolusc.bsky.social keck.usc.edu/news/nih-to-...

🎓Class of 2025: ✨Undergraduate Stories of Impact, Growth, and New Beginnings 🌟Meet Adona, Annette, Meri, and Elijah! ✌️Fight On Forever! @keckschoolusc.bsky.social @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social @uscedu.bsky.social #USCGrad #KSOM #classof2025 #KSOMGrad2025 keck.usc.edu/news/class-o...

2024-2025 ANNUAL REPORT:✨Our students, faculty, and staff didn’t just study population & public health sciences—they shaped it! 🔍Explore our highlights: research breakthroughs, community partnerships & incredible achievements. @keckschoolusc.bsky.social @usc.edu stories.keck.usc.edu/pphs2425/#gr...

🎓Meet Daniel Rud, a 2025 PhD graduate developing models — and futures. “I want to continue to deepen my knowledge of statistical and machine learning methods to tackle complex problems,“ says Rud. Fight On Forever!✌️ @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social @uscedu.bsky.social keck.usc.edu/news/meet-da...

What if your child’s blood pressure risk began before they were born? A new @uscpphs.bsky.social study finds children born to mothers with obesity, gestational diabetes, or high blood pressure face higher and faster-rising blood pressure from ages 2 to 18. bit.ly/44qz0Sh #MedSky #Pregnancy

USC geneticist Marlena Fejzo, PhD, has won the inaugural 2025 BioInnovation Institute & Science Translational Medicine Prize for Innovations in Women’s Health for uncovering the cause of Hyperemesis Gravidarum—severe morning sickness. @usc.edu @keck.usc.edu keck.usc.edu/news/usc-gen...

✨Meet Eunice Dulalia, a first-generation college student graduating with a Master of Science in Global Medicine degree. Dulalia is a progressive degree student also graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Global Health. Fight on Eunice! ✌️ @keck.usc.edu #KSOMGrad #classof2025 #uscgrad #KSOMGrad2025

✨ Meet Grace Guo,🎓a first-generation college student graduating with a Master of Public Health degree in biostatistics/epidemiology. Guo is a progressive degree student graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Global Health. @keck.usc.edu #KSOMGrad #classof2025 #uscgrad #KSOMGrad2025

✨Meet Skyler Nahouray,🎓 who is graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Nahouray’s interests lie at the intersection of public health, animal welfare, and community care. @keck.usc.edu @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social #KSOMGrad #classof2025 #uscgrad #KSOMGrad2025

Twice as many teens used nicotine pouches in 2024 than in 2023, according to a study led by Adam Leventhal, PhD, with @uscpphs.bsky.social and the @usc.edu Institute for Addiction Science. Read the full story: bit.ly/4lUemjJ #MedSky #Health #Addiction

Congratulations to Lindsay Renfro, MS, PhD, who has been promoted to Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences. "I look forward to continuing to educate others in the biostatistics principles of clinical trial design, conduct, and analysis.” @keckschoolusc.bsky.social

USC researchers present at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Learn more about their poster & oral presentations on how various policy, medical, & environmental factors shape behavior & health. 🔗 Full story: bit.ly/3EKSAht @keck.usc.edu @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social

IN THE NEWS: Smart vapes’ slammed for targeting kids with built-in video games, phone features: ‘It’s a behavioral trap’ Research led by Drs. Jennifer Unger and Artur Galimov is featured in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social. nypost.com/2025/04/23/t...

🎉 Commencement is on May 17! Can't be here in person? Watch our commencement ceremonies virtually: Doctoral and Master's Programs ➡️ bit.ly/4cKMGJV MD Program ➡️ bit.ly/3Rsb752 Department of Population and Public Health Sciences ➡️ bit.ly/3YGA2FM #MedicalSchool #AcademicSky #USC

Faculty members Goleen Samari, PhD, MPH, MA and Daniel Soto, EdD, MPH, are on a mission to provide the kind of group mentorship and community-building program that would have benefitted them as students. @goleensamari.bsky.social @keck.usc.edu @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social keck.usc.edu/news/faculty...

USC Medical Student Christine Raj Contributes to FEMA Report on Child Disaster Preparedness. "Our main goal was to identify gaps in addressing children’s needs during disasters..." says Raj, a fifth year student in the joint MD/MPH program at @keck.usc.edu keck.usc.edu/news/usc-med...

🌟Senior Research Associate Wei-Lin Wang presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference in San Francisco. Wang’s study aims to illustrate the application of his team’s physical activity classification algorithm and introduce novel statistical approaches to analyze the resulting data.

Over the past 4 years, @fda.gov has approved several #COVID19 treatments—from antivirals to monoclonal antibodies. 🧬💊 A recent review by our researchers shows that these treatments are primarily safe and cause few serious side effects. #Research #Science #MedSky

"The Society of Behavioral Medince 2025 was a fantastic conference. It gave us a chance to explore San Francisco, connect experts across the field..and reconnect and catch up with professional friends and former Reach Lab members and colleagues," says Kristen Moore, a doctoral student.

Longitudinal patterns of e-cigarette use initiation and progression to frequent vaping from mid-to-late adolescence to young adulthood buff.ly/1vGcwgA Junhan Cho and colleagues @uscpphs.bsky.social @alyssaharlow.bsky.social @adam-leventhal.bsky.social

"I highly recommend attending the Society of Behavioral Medicine conference— it is exceptionally student-friendly, offering a supportive environment where feedback from senior researchers is constructive, insightful, and geared toward growth..” says doctoral student Max Samuelson.

🎉 It’s National Public Health Week✨ From the classroom to the community, we’re proud of our population and public health Trojans committed to advancing public health. 🌟 We celebrate transforming lives through rigorous education courses, innovative training programs, & insightful research. @usc.edu

"I am grateful for the chance to attend the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference that pushed my thinking in so many directions including exposure to new methods, cross-disciplinary research, and the intersection of academia and industry," says Kristina Miljkovic, 2nd year doctoral student.

💡Food Safety Magazine featured a study led by postdoctoral researcher Sherlock Li, PhD, that found that communities exposed to PFAS-contaminated drinking water experience an increased risk of rare cancers. @keckschoolusc.bsky.social @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social www.food-safety.com/articles/102...

💡USC Dornsife researchers are offering free lead soil testing to LA residents affected by recent wildfires to assess potential contamination in their neighborhoods. Erika Garcia, PhD, is advising this project aimed at identifying environmental hazards. dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

USC researchers present their findings at Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting. Carmen Chen, Sherlock Li, and Roselyn Tanghal, shared insights on exposure to PFAS—also known as forever chemicals—which are linked to several adverse health outcomes. @keck.usc.edu keck.usc.edu/news/usc-res...

🌟Shiwen "Sherlock" Li, a postdoctoral fellow, presented his research which found that PFOS exposure (in rat's offspring) was linked to disruption in two regions of the brain he examined, responsible for important brain functions such as decision making and reward system. @keck.usc.edu

🌟"The Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting was a great opportunity to learn about toxicology and how ongoing toxicology research provides a foundation in examining the health impacts of PFAS exposure,” says Roselyn B. Tanghal, a 2nd year PhD student at @keck.usc.edu

🌟PhD student Carmen Chen presented her research at the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting. “Connecting with diverse talents in related fields was a highlight—their knowledge of- and enthusiasm for environmental health inspired me. I'm excited to apply these fresh ideas to my career."@keck.usc.edu

What's next after high school if a four-year college is not on the horizon? The @keck.usc.edu Young Adult Workforce Academy prepares high school graduates for vocational pathways through hands-on training, while identifying their own goals & passions. @usc.edu keck.usc.edu/news/keck-sc...

What's the link between pregnancy and blood pressure years after birth? @uscpphs.bsky.social researchers found that pregnant women with normal blood pressure but no mid-pregnancy drop face a higher risk of hypertension within 5 years postpartum. #MedSky #Pregnancy #MedicalResearch

USC Students organize LA wildfire relief efforts to distribute medical supplies to local organizations including evacuation shelters, mobile kitchens, centers for seniors and more. Read about their drive and mission here. keck.usc.edu/news/usc-stu...