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Kenan Li, Ph.D., research scientist with the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, along with a team from the Keck School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine (now the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences), has published research on the disproportionate mortality impact of COVID-19 on identified racial//ethnic groups. With co-authors Erika Garcia, Ph.D., Sandrah P.…

The latest edition of Directions Magazine’s GeoInspirations Podcast Series features Dr. John P. Wilson, Director of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute. In "Leading Spatial Sciences at USC and Beyond," Esri’s Joseph Kerski interviews Dr. Wilson regarding his academic journey, his focus on geospatial, and his vision for the future. "I’ve known and have worked with…

Alfredo Morabia, M.D., Ph.D., editor-in-chief, of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) of the American Public Health Association, has announced that Michelle Livings will serve as the student editor of the AJPH from May 2021 to April 2022. Livings is a student in the USC Population, Health and Place Ph.D. Program, an interdisciplinary doctoral program…

The Spatial Sciences Institute community is cordially invited to the dissertation defense presentation by Population, Health and Place Ph.D. candidate Douglas Fleming. Monday, July 19, 2021, 3:30 pm PT https://usc.zoom.us/j/97074418665?pwd=T2REdTBZK3RWbWNOaE84Uk5zbC9DQT09   "Spatiotemporal Studies of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests and Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Los Angeles" ABSTRACT Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) continue to be a persistent public…