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The Department of Preventive Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC is set to launch a new Master of Science in Public Health Data Science in fall 2020. An integration of biostatistics and computer science, the program is a response to the increasingly massive amount of health-related data collected
Meet Meredith Franklin, PhD, Director of master’s programs in public health data science and biostatistics. Meet our other directors on YouTube. What is your history with USC, and what is your expertise? “I started at USC in [the year] 2010. I came in as an assistant professor right after a
Meet Richard Watanabe, PhD, Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Preventive Medicine and professor of biostatistics. Meet our other directors on YouTube. What is your history with USC? “I have a very long association with USC. I did all three of my degrees here – starting with my bachelor’s
A team of graduate students from the Department of Preventive Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC received the Best Visualization Award at a November 2019 Data Science Hackathon hosted by the Orange County R Users Group and UCI Paul Merage School of Business. R-Noobs team at Hackathon event.
The Department of Preventive Medicine celebrates the life of a beloved member of the Trojan family, Roman Corral, MS ’12. Corral, who passed away over Labor Day weekend is remembered as hard-working, diligent and extremely kind-hearted by friends and colleagues. He made many contributions to the department as a staff
Health data science is an emerging, in-demand field with promising career opportunities. Dr. Kiros Berhane and Dr. Meredith Franklin give you the scoop on what it is exactly, and where you could end up working.
A 2018 analysis of more than a century of literature found USC to be among the world’s most active institutions researching outdoor air pollution and respiratory health.
A six-week Los Angeles summer program in USC’s Department of Preventive Medicine will train underrepresented students to explore health issues using quantitative methods June 15 to July 24. Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, LA’s Biostatistics Education Summer Training Program (LA’s BEST @USC) provides public health training
At USC, Darryl Nousome PhD ‘17 studied how genetic and environmental factors affect our eyes. Now, he’s putting his doctorate in epidemiology to use, studying how genetic mutations affect cancer risk. Learn more about Nousome’s educational journey at USC in this commencement spotlight! Pictured: Darryl Nousome, PhD ’17. Photo courtesy
The American Statistical Association named Kiros Berhane, PhD, professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, among its 62 fellows in 2017, recognizing his biostatistics research, teaching and service to the scientific community at USC and in Africa. An honor bestowed upon few In the 100-year-old
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