Faculty News Select option to display slide Awards and Recognitions Publications and Features Awards and Recognitions Lindsey Schier is awarded 2025 Epstein Award Jill McNitt-Gray to co-lead NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute Jill McNitt-Gray is appointed Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair in Science in Engineering More Awards and Recognitions Publications and Features Dr. Gioia Polidori has published (2025) her book entitled “Integrative Pathophysiology: Cellular Insights and Nutritional Considerations” Scott Kanoski and Lindsey Schier’s work on gut microbiomes featured in USC Dornsife Dialogues Craig Stanford’s work with chimpanzees featured in a USC Dornsife article More Publications and Features Student News Select option to display slide Undergraduate Studies Graduate Studies Undergraduate Studies Ryan Johnson wins the 2026 John Petruska Memorial Award Samanvitha Pathanjali wins the 2026 Milton Okin Award and 2025 Bob Baker Memorial Award Lori Khatchaturian wins First Prize for the 2026 American Physiological Society Award More Undergraduate Studies News Graduate Studies Congratulations to Eloise Pedersen on receiving her PhD Congratulations to Lauren Visconti on receiving her PhD Molly Klug wins the 2026 Harrison W. Kurtz Award for the most Outstanding PhD Student in Biological Sciences More Graduate Studies News Events Select option to display slide Seminars Seminars Dr. Laura Eloise Rupprecht: From Food to Drugs: Gut-Brain Circuits in Addiction and Appetite Dr. Dana Small: The interoceptive origins of reward Dr. Erik R. Seiffert: Charting a new path for paleoanthropology in a rapidly changing world Congratulations to Eloise Pedersen on receiving her PhD Congratulations to Lauren Visconti on receiving her PhD Dr. Laura Eloise Rupprecht: From Food to Drugs: Gut-Brain Circuits in Addiction and Appetite
