We are super excited to share that our CenHealth director, Dr. Lourdes Baezconde Garbanati received a USC Mentoring Award in the Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students category. The USC Mentoring Awards honor individual faculty members for helping to build a supportive academic environment through faculty-to-student mentoring and faculty-to-faculty mentoring. Faculty who receive this award have made a significant and…Continue Reading Congratulations to Dr. Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati for receiving a USC Mentoring Award!
04/25/17 – Health Issues in Asylum Seekers
In this USC Immigrant Health Initiative seminar, Cynthia Willard, medical director for the Program for Torture Victims in Los Angeles, will discuss health issues asylum seekers face. An assistant clinical professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, she is developing an asylum medicine program in the Department of Family Medicine, drawing upon her…Continue Reading 04/25/17 – Health Issues in Asylum Seekers
04/03/17 – Smoking Selectivity among Mexican Immigrants using Binational Data
Mexican immigrants have lower smoking rates than U.S.-born Mexicans, and some scholars attribute this to health selection, the concept that individuals who migrate are healthier and have better health behaviors than their non-migrant counterparts. This is often indirectly measured by comparing U.S.-born Mexicans to recent Mexican immigrants, however, that comparison neglects several important factors. Using…Continue Reading 04/03/17 – Smoking Selectivity among Mexican Immigrants using Binational Data
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‘The twinkling of the what?’ said the King. ‘It began with the tea,’ the Hatter replied. ‘Of course twinkling begins with a T!’ said the King sharply. ‘Do you take me for a dunce? Go on!’ ‘I’m a poor man,’ the Hatter went on, ‘and most things twinkled after that—only the March Hare said—’ ‘I…Continue Reading Big News
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‘What was that?’ inquired Alice. ‘Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,’ the Mock Turtle replied; ‘and then the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.’ ‘I never heard of “Uglification,”‘ Alice ventured to say. ‘What is it?’ The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. ‘What! Never heard of uglifying!’ it…Continue Reading Medium News
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So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her….Continue Reading Small News
Ambassador Brigade Fellowship Application Deadline has been extended!
We just wanted to announce that the deadline to submit an Ambassador Brigade Fellowship Application has been extended to Friday, March 10th by 11:59pm (PST). We will announce the awards on Friday, April 7th. If you have any questions, please contact Yaneth Rodriguez, via email ylr@usc.edu or call at 323-442-8210….Continue Reading Ambassador Brigade Fellowship Application Deadline has been extended!
Mexico public health institute honors Jonathan Samet
The Institute of Public Health in Mexico (INSP) celebrated the career of Jonathan Samet, MD, Distinguished Professor, Flora L. Thornton Chair in Preventive Medicine and director of the USC Institute for Global Health, as part of its 30-year anniversary commemoration recently. The institute on Jan. 27 awarded Samet an honorary doctorate degree for his…Continue Reading Mexico public health institute honors Jonathan Samet
Traveling for Spring Break? Information about the Zika Virus
Visit CDC’s website to get the most up-to-date information on travel tips and prevention steps, including Zika Virus information so that you stay safe and healthy this spring!…Continue Reading Traveling for Spring Break? Information about the Zika Virus
Ambassador Brigade Fellowship & Travel Award Opportunities
CenHealth is excited to announce that applications to apply for an Ambassador Brigade Fellowship or a Travel Award are now available on our Student Scholarship Opportunities page. The Ambassadors Brigade Fellowship Program is available for outstanding student researchers to work with a USC faculty member and international/national community partner to conduct research that contributes to health equity…Continue Reading Ambassador Brigade Fellowship & Travel Award Opportunities