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We are accepting walk-in appointments for USC students and employees between the hours of 8 am – 2 pm. Please go to the Lyon Center at the UPC campus to get vaccinated! Appointments are also available through MySHR. All current USC students (and May graduates), all USC faculty, and university staff are eligible for vaccinations;…Continue Reading Early Walk-ins Accepted for COVID-19 Vaccination

As you may have read from Keck Medicine of USC, the care of USC Athletics sports medicine will become part of USC Student Health’s portfolio of patient care. We have created strong partnerships with USC Athletics, especially as safety of student athletes practicing and competing during the pandemic has been part of the strong work of our teams throughout the past year. This builds on the superb care established earlier with our sports psychology team in Counseling and Mental Health Services….Continue Reading USC Athletics to Transition Student-Athlete Care to Keck Medicine of USC

As we prepare for the final wellness days of the semester, we are pleased to announce the programs for our last two wellness days, an expansion of our embedded counselor model, and the launch of an education and harm reduction program to address opioids. Counseling and Mental Health Services announces the largest expansion of the Embedded Counselors model, a program that brings Counseling and Mental Health clinicians more closely into specific student communities, based on areas of need. The embedded counselor model was initiated when USC received insight on student’s well-being through an annual survey of student well-being (2019 Healthy Minds data). …Continue Reading Wellness and Prevention Programming for Students

“Prevention programs such as Naloxone SC are an important aspect of population health for college students,” says Dr. Sarah Van Orman, chief health officer and division chief for college health at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “Partnering with the students who created this program is particularly gratifying, as they are familiar first-hand with contemporary issues and norms in college culture. They have put tremendous thought and research into creating this program, and we hope this will educate students and save lives.”…Continue Reading Students Educating Students: NaloxoneSC Distribution Program in the USC School of Pharmacy

College can be stressful but finding help shouldn’t be. To further support students on campus, Counseling and Mental Health Services is expanding a model of care called embedded counselors—where therapists are situated within a cultural community, a school, or other environment that is comfortable to students and where the therapist can become more deeply engaged with the population. The program began earlier in the year as mental health professionals were placed in the cultural centers in SEIP (Student Equity and Inclusivity Programs) and a few key professional schools. The program is now debuting its largest program, with five counselors in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
…Continue Reading Embedded Counselors: Meeting students where they are

Following the CDC/FDA announcement of April 13, the USC Student Health vaccinations scheduled at the Lyon Center for April 15 and 16 will now be switched from J&J/Janssen to Pfizer first doses. Patients are advised to prioritize their schedules to receive a second dose given 21 days after the first dose; this may impact student plans related to travel after the academic semester ends. A second dose will be reserved for you at Student Health; you will receive a reminder to schedule your second dose within 7 days of the 21-day milestone….Continue Reading Update on CDC/FDA-recommended pause on J&J/Janssen vaccine

From day one of distribution to today, Trojans have been delivering vaccines to hard-hit communities, volunteering at mega-sites and ensuring that hundreds of thousands of shots get into arms. The numbers tell the story: Since Pfizer received emergency approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-December, quick efforts by USC have contributed to more than 800,000 people in Los Angeles getting inoculated….Continue Reading When COVID-19 vaccinations began, the USC community sprang into action

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has recently updated its advisory regarding travel, in light of the County’s recent reclassification to the less restrictive Orange Tier in the State of California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. …Continue Reading COVID-19 Early Spring Update

As part of a national movement to provide patients with information and access about their health, USC Student Health will begin implementation of “Open Notes” in the health records in its patient portal, MySHR. Beginning April 5, 2021, all patients with records in MySHR will be able to access notes that are entered by health care providers. This is an alignment with the implementation of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Cures Act Final Rule….Continue Reading Information, Privacy and Open Notes in MySHR