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A smell both unfamiliar and unwanted hangs over the northern Orange County coast, as oil fouls the irreplaceable air, water and marshlands. A spill estimated at 126,000 gallons has closed beaches and shaken Californians already reeling from the combined environmental impacts of drought and wildfires. USC experts are ready to talk about the spill’s impact and […]
Good morning from USC Media Relations. With the midterms looming and speculation about the 2024 presidential election on the rise, put these four USC experts on your radar. One developed a ‘polarization index’ which tracks what’s dividing us; another studies what motivates both conservatives and liberals to support gay rights, and finally, two […]
Expert in Macroeconomics and Finance, Firm-level Dynamics and International Economics.
Expert in risk-analysis for terrorist attacks and natural disasters
Expert in sports medicine
Expert in applying large-scale machine learning techniques to computer vision and image processing problems, implementing machine learning and computer vision algorithms on modern high performance and distributed computing platforms
Award-winning screenwriter and director with expertise in cinema studies and the film industry
Expert in French social and cultural history
Expert in DNA computing and the protection of electronic data
Management expert specializing in organization design and environmental sustainability
Pediatrics expert specializing in child safety, lead exposure and dermatology
Expert in immigrant integration and race and ethnicity, with a focus on Latinos and Latino Americans
Expert in the economics of aging
Learning analytics Educational psychology Motivation & self-regulated learning Digital equity Learning technologies
Expert in prostate cancer and breast cancer research, biotech and personal genomics
Expert in polarization, unconscious bias, politics, nonprofit, leadership, tribalism, bridging divides, media literacy, civics, debate, management.
Expert on diversity and legal protection of underrepresented students, including female Muslims and sexual assault survivors
Expert in health and aging in communities
Expert in Alzheimer’s disease research and director of USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute
Expert in social work with children, youth, and families and integrated behavioral health
Anatomy and biostatistics expert specializing in the evolution and morphology of primates
Expert in popular culture, infidelity, relationship issues and online dating
Expert in probability theory
Expert in measuring and disseminating the impact of large entities, including non-profit and for-profit, as well as higher education, and academia organizations
Expert in social media, health communication, and emerging tobacco products.
Entrepreneurship expert specializing in technology development and commercialization
Expert on stem cell biology and regenerative medicine; developmental biology; computational biology; skeletal muscle; muscle injury; muscular dystrophies; muscle changes in aging; muscle repair and regeneration.
Expert in history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media and on forms of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism.
Family law expert specializing in alimony, marital property and child support and custody
Expert on spinal cord injuries, aneurysms, strokes and brain tumors
Expert on multiple sclerosis and Latino health
Expert in new media technologies, digital journalism, press ethics and public culture
Expert in arts, culture and entertainment
Expert in children’s language acquisition, parent/child linguistic interaction and the linguistic impairment in normal and atypical aging
An expert on couples’ counseling, sexuality and drug abuse
Expert in effective corporate communication strategies
Expert on diversity and clinical practice, and creative interventions combined with evidence-based practice models
Expert in trauma medicine, especially related to gang violence, domestic abuse, date rape, gunfire and hate crimes
Expert on the paternal impact on child development, clinical practice with Latinos, and spiritual dimensions of clinical work
Expert in aviation safety, aviation security and aircraft accident investigations.
Expert in robot dance choreography, dance for sports and art and technology
Neurosurgery expert specializing in minimally invasive surgical procedures
Expert in mental health and caregiver issues relating to older adults
Expert in leadership, education, community development, diversity, violence prevention and positive youth development
Expert in artificial intelligence, digital government and the use of information technology by public institutions
Women’s issues expert specializing in menopause, breast disease and contraception
Expert in online and innovative education
Expert in materials and laser-based devices, especially for quantum applications and biomedical diagnostics
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