INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
Listing of Programs in Health and Related Fields
DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS
The University of Southern California offers educational, training, and research opportunities in all aspects of health, health care, and related fields. These programs span across disciplinary boundaries and are offered in a variety of formats. This website is designed to provide a list of the many different programs offered at USC and facilitate transdisciplinary program planning, development, and marketing of health related programs. It is hoped that this information might be used to guide USC faculty, students, and staff, and prospective USC students to other resources regarding health related programs at USC.
Individuals interested in multidisciplinary aspects of health and health related fields also are encouraged to explore studies, additional courses or programs in a wide rage of areas such as anthropology, education, economics, communications, journalism, engineering, geography, history, architecture, business, integrative media, public policy, statistics, speech, religion and social ethics, sociology.
Please note that every effort has been made to provide an accurate and comprehensive inventory of current degree programs. However, inadvertent errors or omissions may have occurred in preparing this listing. Updates and corrections can be emailed to hcollab@usc.edu.
The table below lists joint degree programs currently offered at USC. Please click on the program name to be linked to its website.
Program |
Department |
Location |
Contact Person |
Email |
PIBBS—Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences |
Interdisciplinary gateway to 15 Ph.D. programs in science and health |
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M.D.
|
Keck SOM |
Keck SOM |
|
medadmit@hsc.usc.edu |
D.D.S.
|
School of Dentistry |
School of Dentistry |
Bob Keim, DDS, EDD |
scdental@hsc.usc.edu |
Pharm. D.
|
School of Pharmacy |
School of Pharmacy |
Ron Alkana, PharD, Ph.D. |
pharmfa@hsc.usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Genetics |
Keck SOM |
HSC |
|
mdphdpgm@hsc.usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Gerontology |
Davis School of Gerontology |
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center |
Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D. |
crimmin@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior Research)
|
Keck SOM/ Preventive Medicine
|
Health Sciences Alhambra |
Louise Ann Rohrbach
|
rohrbac@hsc.usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Medicine |
Keck SOM |
Keck SOM |
Allan Abbott, MD
|
medadmit@hsc.usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology |
College of LAS |
Physical Education Building 107 |
Casey Donovan, Ph.D.
|
knsl@usc.edu |
O.T.D. (Doctor of Occupational Therapy) |
Independent Health Professions/ Occupational Sc. & Therapy |
Center for Health Professions, HSC |
Florence Clark, Ph.D. or Sarah Kelly |
otdept@usc.edu
or
skelly@usc.edu
|
Ph.D. in Occupational Science/Occupational Therapy
|
Independent Health Professions/ Occupational Sc. & Therapy |
Center for Health Professions, HSC |
Florence Clark, Ph.D. or Sarah Kelly |
otdept@usc.edu
or
skelly@usc.edu
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Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering |
Viterbi School of Engineering |
School of Engineering |
Adam Wyatt or Irene Soloff |
awyatt@usc.edu
or
soloff@usc.edu
or
civileng@usc.edu
|
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering |
Viterbi School of Engineering |
School of Engineering |
Irene Soloff |
soloff@usc.edur
or
civileng@usc.edu |
Ph.D./Ed. D. in Medical Education |
Keck SOM/ Dept of Peds/ Division of Medical Ed. |
Keith Administration Building |
Diane Boughton, M.Ed. |
boughton@hsc.usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Biostatistics |
Keck SOM/ Biostatistics Division |
Centers for Health Professions (CHP) |
Stanley Azen, Ph.D. |
mtrujill@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Epidemiology |
Keck SOM/ Biostatistics Division |
Centers for Health Professions (CHP) |
Stanley Azen, Ph.D. |
mtrujill@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Molecular Epidemiology |
Keck SOM |
Centers for Health Professions |
Stanley Azen, Ph.D. |
mtrujill@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Molecular and Computational Biology |
CLAS |
|
Linda Bazilian |
bazilian@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Neurosciences |
CLAS |
|
Linda Bazilian |
bazilian@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences |
CLAS |
|
Linda Bazilian |
bazilian@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Pathology |
Keck SOM |
|
Lisa Doumak |
doumak@pathfinder.usc.edu
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Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics |
Keck SOM |
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Elena Camarena |
cameren@usc.edu
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Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Keck SOM |
|
Anne Vazquez |
annvazqu@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Cell and Neurobiology |
Keck SOM |
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Darlene Campbell |
dmc@usc.edu
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Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology |
Keck SOM |
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Laura Steel |
lsteel@usc.edu |
Ph.D. in Social Work |
School of Social Work
|
Montgomery Ross Fisher |
Carrie Lew, MSW |
sswadm@hsc.usc.edu
or
carriel@usc.edu
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D.P.T. (Doctor of Physical Therapy) and PPDPT (post-doctoral) |
USC Independent Health Professions |
CHP |
Katherine Sullivan, Ph.D., PT |
kasulliv@usc.edu
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Ph.D. in Biokinesiology |
USC Independent Health Professions |
CHP |
Chris Powers, Ph.D., PT |
powers@usc.edu
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Ph.D. in Craniofacial Biology |
School of Dentistry |
School of Dentistry |
Charles Shuler, DMD, Ph.D. |
shuler@usc.edu
or
scdental@usc.edu
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Ph.D. in Psychology
(Clinical, Development, Brain & Cognitive Sc., Quantitative, Social)
|
CLAS |
SGM |
Gerald Davison, Ph.D. |
gdavison@usc.edu |
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