Though the study of racially diverse Medicaid patients indicated disproportionate risk among Latinos, USC researchers say it can’t be explained by higher rates of poverty or underlying health factors like obesity.
These findings by USC researchers could help health care providers and genetic counselors offer more precision-based care and advice, particularly in the multiethnic populations of L.A. County.
Online event celebrates the history and contributions of Black Americans.
As Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday, USC experts examine the steps America has taken toward reckoning with the legacy of slavery and institutionalized racism.
For the first time in more than 30 years, reparations-focused legislation is headed to the House floor for a full vote.
For this USC scientist, the stories are personal: Her great-grandmother was freed nearly two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The event on Saturday will reflect on and celebrate Black heritage through student tributes, artistic performances and various speakers.
Thanks to a prestigious Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, the recent USC grad was able to dive into the history of Mexican American ska music in Los Angeles.
Emmy Esquerre links “queer phobia” in today’s Black communities to political and religious systems put in place by European colonizers and missionaries in Africa and South America.
Trojans increasingly seeking dual medical and Master of Public Health degrees symbolize the growth in interest in solving health disparities.
Thousands of Japanese Americans volunteered to serve in the U.S. military even as their friends and family were forced into internment camps.
As a tight-knit Burmese community grapples with uncertainty, fear and communication disruptions after a military coup, USC staff and faculty provide support and understanding.
More than 60 students and faculty are tackling initiatives like developing an anti-racist guide for use in preparing course materials and increasing outreach to prospective students from Black and Latino communities.
Alums Corina Irvin and Ernie Ocampo are serving as Filipino role models, encouraging others to enter professions like commercial real estate and law.
Tiara Wilson studies how themes of resistance, justice and identity are expressed in the region’s immensely popular music genre.
USC Games’ Gerald A. Lawson Endowment Fund will promote racial equity and inclusion in North America’s top-ranked game design program.
USC Dornsife’s Emily H. G. Cooperdock offers guidelines for reducing bias in the classroom, field and lab.
Lack of geographical access to pharmacies has disproportionately affected Black and Latino city dwellers, a USC study finds, and may contribute to health disparities.
Abigail Palmer Molina, doctoral student at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, studies the issues Latina parents are facing during the pandemic.
The guilty verdict in the killing of George Floyd is a relief to many — but experts in race, politics and more say it’s just the first step.
Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander students, faculty and staff at USC urge their fellow Trojans to listen, acknowledge the pain inflicted by racism and help fight back.
Months after “Black Lives Matter” chants rang out at a march near the University Park Campus, experts say the movement has lasting momentum at USC.
The USC study of California death certificates shows foreign-born Latino adults face a significantly higher risk of dying from COVID than U.S.-born men and women who are not Hispanic.
USC experts discuss how COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on the Black community connects to a long history of upending Black families in America, from slavery to incarceration.