Foreign-born Hispanic individuals at highest risk of dying from COVID-19, by far

The USC study of California death certificates shows working-age Latino adults face a significantly higher risk of dying from COVID than U.S.-born men and women who are not Hispanic.
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Center Updates

The environment’s role in brain health

The ENIGMA-Environment Working Group is working to better understand how aspects of our physical space alter brain structure and impact our risk for various developmental, neurodegenerative and psychiatric problems • Read More

USC announces plans to divest from fossil fuels

Our Community Engagement team helped develop and implement a series of COVID-19 and community health workshops • Read More

Engaging frontline communities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Our Community Engagement team helped develop and implement a series of COVID-19 and community health workshops • Read More

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Upcoming Events

Sept

5

SCEHSC Seminar Series
Ambient pollution and lung health in the Boston area: Insights from cohort studies of children and adults

Mary Rice, M.D.

Oct

12

SCEHSC Seminar Series
Asthma disparities: At the intersection of place, history and environment

Elizabeth Matsui, M.D.

Nov

10

SCEHSC SEMINAR SERIES
Opportunities for Collaboration

Zhanghua Chen, Ph.D.
Adam de Smith, Ph.D.
V. Wendy Setiawan, Ph.D.

Our mission is to develop the scientific knowledge base, investigative teams, and community engagement needed to reduce the burden of diseases and disability from environmental impacts.

Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center

Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
2001 North Soto Street, MC 9237
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9013

scehsc@usc.edu
Supported by NIEHS grant P30ES007048