USC’s Julie Albright notes TikTok users sometimes see things they like (which provides a dopamine hit in the brain) and sometimes they don’t. Getting this occasional stimulation — similar to the sporadic payoffs on a slot machine — is key to its addictive power and success.
A new study led by USC’s Elizabeth Sowell shows that two factors — lead exposure and poverty — may be interacting to further impair cognition and brain development in children.
Randi Burley went from struggling student to community artist to aspiring engineer at USC Viterbi. The L.A. native shares her story, in her own words.
Research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that readmission to a hospital where surgeons perform a high volume of brain surgeries can increase a patient’s odds of staying alive and avoiding complications.
Avelardo Valdez and Alice Cepeda are seeking ways to deepen understanding of how to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable individuals and communities.
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC has reshaped its dental hygiene program to focus more on collaboration, adapt to new technology and better prepare graduates for an ever-evolving world.
USC’s Gary Painter notes that California cities are experiencing an exodus of workers who can’t afford to live close to available jobs. “Newly-graduated college graduates who are looking to work in growing sectors are actually making decisions, now, to live elsewhere,” he says.
A Keck School of Medicine of USC study of more than 11,000 people suggests an association between feeling burned out, and having an irregular heartbeat — which could lead to blood clots, stroke, heart attack and other potentially fatal cardiac complications.
Eddie Barojas was confined to a bed for years after developing a severe lymphedema. Today — thanks to a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists, urologists and wound-care specialists — he’s back on his feet and ready to return to comedy.
