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We are one of the best and fastest growing academic units at USC. Our impressive and diverse research portfolio and our strong tradition of collaborating with public and private health agencies and institutions enable us to

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serve the larger communities in which we live and work, by using our special skills and knowledge.

News & Notes

Biostatistics Forum - February 17, 2010
HESC Room 103, 4-5 pm
Kevin Dobbin, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia will present a lecture at the biostatistics forum titled, "Optimally splitting cases for training and testing high dimensional microarray classifiers."

DASH Diet may help prevent type 2 diabetes, findings published in August issue of Diabetes Care
Arnold School researcher Dr. Angela Liese is pioneer in studying diet that features vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy products for its potential to reduce risk of diabetes.

Study finds no consensus on optimum diet
Writing in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Dr. Anwar T. Merchant reports that group of healthy Canadians tended to consume a moderate carbohydrate diet.

Banned pesticide DDT still a public health threat
Arnold School researcher Dr. Wilfried Karmaus’ study among Michigan women shows breakdown product, DDE, may contribute to obesity.

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Program targets N. Charleston pollution
Dr. Sacoby Wilson to use $1.2 million NIH grant to help residents of seven poor neighborhoods address environmental issues in South Carolina’s third largest city.

McKeown named Institute for Advancement of Healthcare (IAHC) interim chief
EPIBIOS chair to manage the institute over the next year as it becomes fully operational in support of partnership between USC and Greenville Hospital System.

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