After spending one winter break on a service trip to Angola and Ghana in the sixth grade, Cassidy Muir’s perspective was forever changed. The service trip, and the others that followed thereafter, shaped her into a person dedicated to helping … Read More »
A graduate of the Master of Science in Global Medicine program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Ara Bakian hails from Newport Coast. He began volunteering at local dental clinics during his undergraduate years at the University of … Read More »
Annie Yang will graduate this May with both a Master of Science in Global Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Yang earned both degrees as part … Read More »
A two-time Trojan, Ani Misirian became interested in global health after completing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Armenia. During her year abroad, she volunteered in different health-related nonprofit organizations and witnessed firsthand how various economic and sociocultural issues contribute … Read More »
Edwin Enwia always enjoyed the medicine in his 10 years as a paramedic and firefighter. He would arrive on scene, conduct his assessment and drop the patient off at the hospital. However, Enwia felt frustrated that he often had no … Read More »
When Roneisha Joyner was applying for physical therapy schools across the nation, she noticed there weren’t a lot of people in the profession who looked like her.
It’s an observation borne out by the data. A little more than 5 percent … Read More »
Luke Snyder remembers the moment he realized the power of physical therapy.
He was a high-school, cross-country runner in Thousand Oaks when he began suffering from knee pain. In physical therapy, his therapist had him doing hip strengthening exercises — something … Read More »
When Esther Leon’s grandfather suffered a severe stroke, the then-9-year-old girl wanted nothing more than for him to get better so he could again take her to the park like they always used to.
Maybe out of a sense of helplessness, … Read More »
On Christmas Day 2009, when Brandon Hsu was 18 years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Five months into treatment, he was in bed watching Modern Family when both of his calves started cramping, followed by his hamstrings. When he … Read More »
“Say yes to everything.”
That’s the advice of Kelcie Kadowaki, MA, after looking back on the past year in the doctorate of occupational therapy degree program at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. OTD students like Kadowaki … Read More »
Amid the hustle and bustle of studying for her “final finals” of graduate school, Melody McKay continues to seek the same work-life balance she has been mastering since her first day in the master’s degree in occupational therapy program at … Read More »
In the home stretch before graduation, Carol Haywood has her share of lessons learned from her journey to earning her PhD in Occupational Science from the USC Chan Divison of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy.
“The type of research you do … Read More »
Every week, Sammy Cohen heads to Skid Row, the part of Downtown Los Angeles known for its large homeless population.
Roughly 5,000 folks live on the streets there, according to a 2017 count.
Working at homeless shelters, Cohen, 21, stands … Read More »
Melissa Gerald was never encouraged to attend college.
“People like us do not go to college,” her father would tell her. “College is for the rich, the privileged. Where we come from, people just work to survive.”
In fact, all that Gerald’s … Read More »
Samuel “Sammy” Cohen, graduating this month with his Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, discovered his most rewarding educational experiences working in USC’s surrounding community, assisting the homeless and closing gaps in emergency department services.
Why did … Read More »
Most 8-year olds care more about toys and video games than neuropsychology — but not Joy Stradford. She often went to work with her mother, a special education teacher in New Jersey, and was both concerned for and intrigued by … Read More »
The 135th Commencement at the University of Southern California begins at 8:30 a.m. May 11 at Alumni Memorial Park. Individual school ceremonies follow the main ceremony. Here is a list of times, locations and speakers for the school commencement ceremonies … Read More »
At first glance, Mila Scheinberg’s passions seem unrelated: she has always been interested in medicine, loves to exercise and won many awards for her paintings in high school. However, in the masterpiece that is her life, she has found a … Read More »
For Mohamed El-Farra, medicine does not stop at the disease or the injury.
“I want to create a holistic type of medicine. I want to bring in people’s backgrounds and see the people within it, rather than keeping the science separate,” … Read More »
Matt Firestone is a long way from home.
The Alabama-native left behind small-town life (his hometown had just one stop sign until recently when it became a stoplight) to study at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC in a … Read More »