While they are more at risk for mental health and substance use disorders, unhoused people in California face barriers to accessing treatment. By Hope Hamashige Brett Feldman, ... Read More »
A “fireside chat” between USC President Carol L. Folt and Mayor Karen Bass reinforces the university’s collaborative work with the city in a united quest to care for ... Read More »
Move will allow providers like USC’s Street Medicine team to be reimbursed for care they provide to people who are unhoused. By Hope Hamashige Corinne Feldman and ... Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC launches and sustains innovative programs with health equity at heart By Wayne Lewis Photo iStock People around the world rely ... Read More »
By Sarah Nightingale When George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, outrage erupted across the country. Terry Zhu, a fourth-year medical student, ... Read More »
This week former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted by a jury of all three charges against him in the killing of George Floyd last year. Narsing ... Read More »
A message from Dr. Zea Borok on Women’s Equality Day Zea Borok, MD I thought it important for us to recognize an important day in history ... Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine’s Office for Social Justice welcomes Edwin Lindo, JD, a Critical Race Theory Scholar and educator at Department of Family Medicine at the University ... Read More »
A July 15 story in the Voice of San Diego on the factors driving black homelessness quoted Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, professor of preventive medicine and Associate Dean for Social ... Read More »