#RoadtoRio full of hazards as Brazil scrambles to prepare
So far, 24 Trojans have already qualified to compete in Rio de Janeiro for the Summer Olympics, joining 420 Trojan athletes who already can call themselves Olympians.
Contact: Gretchen Meier at gmeier@usc.edu or (213) 740-6973.
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Security and counterterrorism at the Rio games
Erroll Southers is a counterterrorism expert at USC’s National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). He can discuss security at major events like the Olympics, terrorist groups and security infrastructure. Southers traveled to Brazil to meet with the Olympic committee and view the scope of the project.
Contact: (323) 816-8045 or southers@usc.edu.
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Doping and testing
Naomi Florea, of the USC School of Pharmacy, can speak on the various substances on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List and their effects on performance.
Contact: (951) 454-9977 or via email at florea@usc.edu through July 11. Contact Michele Keller of the USC School of Pharmacy at kellermi@usc.edu after that date.
Roger Clemens, of the USC School of Pharmacy, can speak on drug and food testing, toxicology and drug development. The professor was previously the associate director of USC’s Regulatory Science program at the school.
Contact: (818) 624-2616 or via email at clemens@usc.edu.
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The business of the Olympic Games
David Carter and Courtney Brunious of the Sports Business Institute at USC are available to discuss sponsorship and advertising, athlete marketing and endorsements, special event management, media coverage and reputation issues and the economics surrounding the Olympics.
Contact: David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at USC, is available via email at davidc@marshall.usc.edu.
Courtney Brunious, associate director of the Sports Business Institute at USC, is available via email at brunious@marshall.usc.edu.
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Environmental justice
Jill Johnston is an expert on environmental health and justice in disadvantaged urban and rural neighborhoods. She can speak on the environmental justice dimensions of Olympic preparation in Rio de Janeiro and how the local population has been affected. Professor Johnston is an assistant professor of preventive medicine in the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Contact: jillj@usc.edu.
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Trojans competing in the Olympics
USC has more Olympians, medalists and gold medalists than any school. Since 1904, 420 Trojan athletes have competed in the Summer and Winter Games, taking home 135 gold medals (with at least one gold in every Summer Olympics since 1912), 88 silver and 64 bronze. If USC was an independent country, it would rank sixth in the world for most medals earned.
Learn more about USC’s Olympic heritage here.
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