The Arnold School of Public Health promotes active faculty, research staff, and student engagement in scholarly activities and identifies and facilitates collaborative research opportunities in areas that are integral to the science and practice of public health.
In fiscal year 2025, the Arnold School received a record $54,218,424 in total extramural awards. Of this, $42,199,277 is from federal agencies. Arnold School faculty published 726 peer-reviewed articles in calendar year 2024.
The Arnold School also receives funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as well as from a variety of other federal, state, corporate, and private sources.
The Arnold School houses and partners with a wide range of centers, institutes and other programs that conduct original research, engage in translation and dissemination, and connect directly with the public through clinical and other interactive services.
Arnold School research is often interdisciplinary and characterized by collaborative partnerships from across Arnold School departments and colleges within USC as well as universities and organizations around the nation and the world. Explore research groups within each department.
The Arnold School Office of Research provides a number of services to assist Arnold School faculty, staff, students, and their research partners with activities related to increasing research productivity for the School.