Category: Announcements

Community Scholars Collaborative for Health Equity Solutions (CHES) is sponsoring “Advancing Health Equity in an Environment of Hate Violence and COVID’s Web of Impact” with speaker Rod Lew, MPH on April 27, 2021. Rod Lew is the Founder and Executive Director of Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL), a national non-profit organization…Continue Reading Advancing Health Equity in an Environment of Hate Violence and COVID’s Web of Impact

“Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.” – Barack Obama The Center for Health Equity in Americas stand in solidarity with those fighting against racism and for social justice in the United States and the world….Continue Reading We stand with the AAPI Community in Solidarity

New Brief Report released, “COVID-19 and the Latino Community in Los Angeles County.” For more information visit the COVID-19 Pandemic Research Center website….Continue Reading Brief Report: COVID-19 and the Latino Community in Los Angeles County

Dr. Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Associate Dean for Social Justice and a Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and the Institute for Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine, wrote a commentary in the March 2021 journal issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Click here to access the In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…Continue Reading Structural racism and violence as social determinants of health, by Dr. Bluthenthal

National Survey Finds Lag in Cervical Cancer Screening and Information for Hispanic and Black Women. Press release can be found here. *En Español* Encuesta nacional encuentra retraso en la detección del cáncer de cuello uterino y en la información para las hispanas y afroamericanas Comunicado de Prensa se puede encontrar aqui….Continue Reading National Survey Finds Lag in Cervical Cancer Screening and Information for Hispanic and Black Women.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Center for Health Equity in the Americas (CenHealth) stands in solidarity with those fighting for social justice and equity in the United States and all around the world.  …Continue Reading In Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

Trojan Eduardo Ibarra helps neighbors living amid coronavirus fear. He dreamed of finding a home at USC. Now, as a project specialist at Keck Medicine of USC, he’s focused on giving back to the community that helped him get this far. Trojan Eduardo Ibarra helps neighbors living amid coronavirus fear  …Continue Reading Highlighting one of our staff members: Eduardo Ibarra

We all have to do our part to reduce the burden of this current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. An effective strategy we can all do and are currently being asked to do is social distancing. Social distancing simply means having 6 feet of physical distance between the person next to or around you to stop or…Continue Reading Staying Active & Healthy While Social Distancing

USC students are strongly being advised by USC Student Health (memo sent Friday, March 6) to not do any internationally travelling during Spring Break – including popular spring break destinations such as Cabo San Lucas and Cancun in Mexico. Flight cancellations, quarantines and border closures have been implemented by several countries on short notice. As…Continue Reading Stay informed about USC travel guidelines (Coronavirus Information)

CenHealth is excited to announce that the application to apply for a Community Health Equity and Dissemination Scholarship is now available on our Student Scholarship Opportunities page. Community Health Equity and Dissemination Scholarships are available for USC Keck School of Medicine undergraduate or graduate level students of up to $1000 for travel and/or registration cost…Continue Reading 2020 CenHealth Travel Award “Community Health Equity and Dissemination Scholarship”