S.C. teen pregnancy rate drops
South Carolina’s teen birth rate has dropped 47 percent in 20 years and is at an all-time low. This good news comes from the S.C. Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, which is led by Arnold School...
View ArticlePhysical Activity and the State of the Union
With President Obama’s State of the Union address scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, it is interesting to note that the American College of Sports Medicine and more than 100 other organizations have...
View ArticleAn opportunity for grant funds
In an era when federal funding for research has become intensely competitive and has fewer offerings, new opportunities for grants from the Disability Research and Dissemination Center (DRDC) at the...
View ArticleNew research earning accolades
The research being done by Dr. Saurabh Chatterjee and his research team is helping scientists know more about obesity and liver disease. For science-challenged brains, the research being done in the...
View ArticleA chance to save a life …
I am reaching out to you today to ask you to try and help save a fellow Gamecock’s life. Let me introduce you to Eric Villeneuve, a student at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and member of...
View ArticleA novel wrinkle in liver disease research
Dr. Ratanesh Kumar Seth is a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Saurabh Chatterjee in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. A study by researchers at the Arnold School of Public Health...
View ArticlePublic Health Week Ahead!
The Arnold School of Public Health will observe National Public Health Week, April 7 – 13, with a series of events that are free and open to the University community and the public. The signature...
View ArticleVery Exciting News!
So, I just got back from an HIV Planning Council meeting for South Carolina. It was very refreshing to see community members who lived in, and cared for, their communitiesy. I have been to a lot of...
View ArticleVernberg Lecture: A “Prescription” for Tobacco Control
In the days leading up to the Vernberg Lecture, the exhibit “History of Tobacco Policy” will be on display at the Public Health Research Center. This is one of the images from the exhibit. 2014 marks...
View ArticleMarathon Monday & Meb’s Victory!
American citizen Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi won the Boston Marathon and became a face of America’s spirit of resilience and hope! April 21 marks a historic day in our nation. Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi...
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