MCH Catalyst News
Dr. Monica McLemore Presents and Local MCH Professionals Attend Dinner to Network with Catalyst Students
Our students, along with fellow MCH professionals and MCH faculty mentors had the incredible opportunity to hear Dr. McLemore speak about the connections between reproductive justice, structural racism, and...
Aiming for equity. Public health professional completes doctoral degree to address social determinants of health
Shanikque Barksdale combined biology and sociology for her undergraduate degree – looking at health from multiple perspectives...
MCH Catalyst Sponsors Student MCH Abstract Award at SCPHA Annual Conference
The South Carolina Public Health Association, also known as the SCPHA, holds an annual conference to gather Public Health professionals and allies from across the state to collaborate, network, and grow together. This...
Nandita Perumal invited to join World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on Gestational Weight Gain
Just one semester into her first faculty appointment, Nandita Perumal is already stepping up as a thought leader in gestational weight gain – particularly in a global context...
Master of public health student screens film of nonprofit she founded at APHA annual meeting
Tanya Ambrose is already a public health professional...
Doctoral graduate joins University of St. Augustine’s speech-language pathology program as assistant professor
A lot has happened in the past four years for Ellie Cooper...
I Am Public Health: Marnie McLean
Marnie McLean is a student in the Department of Exercise Science's doctoral program (No. 1 in the nation).
Bringing equity to rural health care
Peiyin Hung joined USC’s Arnold School of Public Health in 2018 after a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. An assistant professor of health services policy and management, Hung explores maternal health and rural...
Sickle cell disease worsens maternal health outcomes for Black individuals
New research led by Nansi Boghossian, associate professor of epidemiology, has investigated the relationship between sickle cell disease and severe maternal morbidity (i.e., adverse outcomes such as heart failure, blood...