Scholars enrolled in the PM.525 Culture & Health (Spring ​2024) class completed Cultural Justice & Health Equity ​Projects and extended vigorous societal critique, ​challenging the status quo and proposing bold global health ​visions for a just and kind world.

These brilliant stdudent-scholars truly capture the spirit of ​USC’s mission of striving “constantly for excellence in ​teaching knowledge and skills to our students, while at the ​same time helping them to acquire wisdom and insight, love ​of truth and beauty, moral discernment, understanding of ​self, and respect and appreciation for others.”

Student Scholars

• Re Zaw
• Alejandra Valenzuela
• Bashir Alizada
• Karla Mae Baronia

Racism and Social Injustice as Determinants of ​Black Children’s Health

Student Scholars

• Anita Robertson
  
• Catherine Potin
  
• Ricardo Hernandez
  
• Arango
  

Nutrition Inequities in Indigenous ​Communities in the United States

Student Scholars

• Apoorva Vishwanath
  
• Jacqueline Munoz
  
• Mehaly Bekele
  
• Amanda Williams
  

Breaking Taboos: Reducing Stigma and ​Enhancing Reproductive Health Services

Student Scholars

• Shamim Jhimlee
  
• Sheil Choksi
  
• Sehar Dedmari
  
• Monica Bui
  
• Vanessa Casas
  

Native American Health & Cultural Justice: ​Oglala Lakota Nation

Student Scholars

• Aakanksha Khadye
  
• Hanna Hondzo
  
• Krissy Rector
  
• Olivia Kelly
  
• Daphne Mutchler
  

Mi Cuerpo es Mi Mundo: Addressing Sexual and ​Reproductive Health Inequities in Latin America

Student Scholars

• Arina Megerdichian
  
• Iris Martinez
  
• Lily Shkhyan
  
• Pallavi Saharia
  

Student Scholars

• Aspen Jones
  
• Jennifer Penaloza
  
• Marilyn S. Martinez
  
• Tony (Yu) Tang
  

Student Scholars

• Caitlin Fisher
  
• Julie Hughes
  
• Maya Makarem
  
• Rozhin Lak
  
• Sara Okour