{"id":157,"date":"2024-01-26T21:53:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:47:10","slug":"divisions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/divisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Population and Public Health Sciences\">Department of Population and Public Health 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Reflecting their interdisciplinary nature, they work and teach closely with faculty in other divisions, departments at Keck, and schools within the university and beyond to develop collaborative projects in public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                      <\/div>\n\n\n                      \n                          \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a\n      href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/disease-prevention-policy-and-global-health\/\"\n                >\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/global-health-320x180.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/global-health-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/global-health-768x432.jpg 768w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/global-health-320x180.jpg 320w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Global Health illustration\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      \n                  <\/div>\n\n              \n                  <div class=\"card\">\n\n                      <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/environmental-health\/\" >Environmental Health<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                                                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Division of Environmental Health in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences works to understand the associations, connections, and impacts of environmental exposures on human health. The division devotes resources to constituent characterization (measuring and monitoring what we may be exposed to) and translational research (how to effectively communicate and apply the scientific information gathered by us and others).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                      <\/div>\n\n\n                      \n                          \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a\n      href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/environmental-health\/\"\n                >\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/01\/enviro-health-1920x1080-1-320x180.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/01\/enviro-health-1920x1080-1-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/01\/enviro-health-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpeg 768w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/01\/enviro-health-1920x1080-1-320x180.jpeg 320w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Woman in blue gloves with a sample\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      \n                  <\/div>\n\n              \n                  <div class=\"card\">\n\n                      <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/epidemiology-and-genetics\/\" >Epidemiology and Genetics<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n                                                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Division of Epidemiology and Genetics in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences works to understand the lifestyle, environmental, and genetic risk factors for human disease including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease, and to reduce health disparity. 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