USC Dornsife News

Launched early in the pandemic, the Dornsife Dialogues virtual event series — which features USC scholars and other experts engaged in fascinating live discussions — remains enormously popular.

Scientists from USC Dornsife and Cedars-Sinai rally scholars around the country and in diverse fields to find better ways of beating cancer.

Scholars explain what foods we should be eating to live a longer and healthier life. Good news: Carbs are definitely on this menu.

Neuroscientists know that pregnant mothers’ brains change in ways that appear to help with caring for a baby. Now researchers have identified changes in new fathers’ brains, too.

Professional basketball player Marcus Allen looked to an innovative pre-med program designed for students with little or no science background to further his dream of becoming a physician.

Scientists using laboratory models find that eating FDA-approved levels of saccharin, Ace-K and stevia early in life may result in several changes to the body, including brain regions involved in memory.

Research from USC Dornsife shows that moral values predict regional differences in COVID-19 vaccination rates beyond structural, demographic and political barriers to vaccination.

The discovery could give scientists a leg up on producing new vaccines and preventing more pandemic surges.

Models show that some 4 million people in the US have lost a grandparent to COVID-19. But until now, there has been little research that looks into the mental health effects of losing a grandparent.