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    Press Releases

    Close Up Of Teenagers With Mobile Phone Vaping In Park

    E-cigarette and cannabis social media posts pose risks for teens, study finds

    Wildfire Fire Burns East Of Los Angeles covering the area in smoke

    New USC study links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes

    Photo shows traffic near a large apartment complex.

    Changes in BMI during adolescence may explain link between air pollution exposure and insulin resistance, study shows

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    Researchers In the News

    Media Mentions

    NPR ◆ Heat and wildfire smoke affect birth outcomes, according to a new study

    July 05, 2025
    Media Mentions

    MEDPAGE TODAY ◆ Make America Fit Again

    June 26, 2025
    Media Mentions

    UNDARK ◆ Uncovering the Exposome: An Emerging Field Casts a Wide Net

    June 16, 2025
    Media Mentions

    KCRW ◆ Overdose deaths are dropping in US, Trump wants to cut funding for Narcan

    May 27, 2025

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    Campus News and Highlights

      Campus Stories

      Headshot of Ricky Bluthenthal

      Appointment of Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD, as chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences

      collage of students in APRU global climate change leadership program

      Global Climate Change Leadership 2025: Students take the lead as future policy makers

      portraits of the 2025-2026 Dhablania and Kim Fellows

      Meet the 2025–2026 Dhablania and Kim Family Global Medicine and Health fellows

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