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New epidemiology assistant professor Pengfei Guo studies health impacts of environmental exposures on women and children

New epidemiology assistant professor Pengfei Guo studies health impacts of environmental exposures on women and children

by Olivia Ancrum | Oct 8, 2025 | Uncategorized

Manufactured chemicals and medications can impact maternal and child health well beyond pregnancy, and Pengfei Guo is using environmental and perinatal epidemiology to better understand and mitigate these impacts. She applies cohort study design and causal inference...
Individuals with these two genetic conditions are seeing increased, but unequal, life expectancies

Individuals with these two genetic conditions are seeing increased, but unequal, life expectancies

by Olivia Ancrum | Sep 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

New research from the Arnold School’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has found disparities in mortality rates and life expectancy for Americans living with sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis. The study, which was led by third-year doctoral...
My work is reshaping how rural health is defined: not by deficit, but by its potential.

My work is reshaping how rural health is defined: not by deficit, but by its potential.

by Olivia Ancrum | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized

Peiyin Hung, Ph.D., began her journey to becoming a rural healthcare researcher when she was just nine years old, as she watched her grandmother suffer discrimination in a top-tier urban hospital.   Her grandparents lived in rural Taiwan and had to drive an...
Renewed funding enables more students, faculty to prep for careers in maternal and child health

Renewed funding enables more students, faculty to prep for careers in maternal and child health

by Olivia Ancrum | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Health Resources and Services Administration is continuing its commitment to growing and diversifying the maternal and child health (MCH) workforce by awarding $675,000 to Jihong Liu. An epidemiology professor with more than 25 years in the field, Liu will use the...
Increased efforts are shifting the point of viability to 22 weeks’ gestation

Increased efforts are shifting the point of viability to 22 weeks’ gestation

by Olivia Ancrum | Jul 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

Building on her previous research into maternal and infant health during pregnancy and after birth, epidemiology associate professor Nansi Boghossian has published new findings in JAMA. Collaborating with colleagues* from the Vermont Oxford Network and the University...
USC- Center for Teaching Excellence, Outstanding Teaching Award for Graduate Instructors: Taylor Berrier

USC- Center for Teaching Excellence, Outstanding Teaching Award for Graduate Instructors: Taylor Berrier

by Olivia Ancrum | Jul 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is proud to announce the recipients of their 2025 Student Awards. These students were selected for their outstanding performance both academically and in their clinical placements outside the classroom.
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