{"id":4503,"date":"2023-04-10T22:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T05:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/?page_id=4503"},"modified":"2026-05-29T11:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:02:11","slug":"art-science-human-well-being","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/art-science-human-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art + Science of Human Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-with-featured-story \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-with-featured-story\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"image-title-container\">\n    <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--ambient-video\">\n\n    \n  <video\n    aria-hidden=\"true\"\n    tabindex=\"-1\"\n    preload=\"none\"\n    muted\n    loop\n    playsinline\n    autoplay\n  >\n    <source 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target=\"_blank\">\n                    \n                      New, selective compounds target for Alzheimer\u2019s-linked brain inflammation\n\n                                          <\/a>\n                                      <\/h4>\n              \n              <div class=\"read-more\">\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Using highly advanced, large-scale computational screening methods developed by USC Dornsife\u2019s Vsevolod \u201cSeva\u201d Katritch, USC researchers evaluate billions of potential compounds to find a promising new drug for Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-scientists-identify-promising-new-target-for-alzheimers-linked-brain-inflammation\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read Story about New, selective compounds 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target=\"_blank\">\n                    \n                      Biologists discover neurons use physical signals \u2014 not electricity \u2014 to stabilize communication\n\n                                          <\/a>\n                                      <\/h4>\n              \n              <div class=\"read-more\">\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>A USC Dornsife team shows how synapses rapidly adjust when their receptors fail, revealing a new mechanism of neural resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/synapse-stability-governed-by-physical-signals-not-electrical\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read Story about Biologists discover neurons use physical signals \u2014 not electricity \u2014 to stabilize communication\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n 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src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mentor-top-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mentor-top-1920x1080-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mentor-top-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Henrike Moll plays with finger puppets with a small child\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"text-container\">\n                                <h4>\n                                          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/the-sponge-child-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    \n                      The Sponge Child Myth: How kids actively shape their own learning\n\n                                          <\/a>\n     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scientists visualized for the first time how opioids such as loperamide and the antidote naloxone engage a key brain receptor, offering insight that could lead to better pain treatments and improved overdose reversal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/mu-opioid-receptor-structural-change-revealed-by-cryo-em\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read Story about A path to safer painkillers \u2013 revealed by freezing opioids and their protein receptors in motion\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" 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methods may help forecast which adolescents are most at risk for developing anxiety disorders, years before symptoms appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/teen-anxiety-prediction-improves-with-combined-fmri-and-eeg-brain-scans\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read Story about Two brain scans are better than one in predicting teen anxiety, study finds\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" 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amplified by early-life disadvantage, is linked to cognitive decline later in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/biological-aging-twin-study-linking-childhood-to-midlife-cognition\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read Story about What your DNA \u2013 and childhood \u2013 reveal about midlife decrease in IQ\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" 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\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Unraveling-the-Building-Blocks-of-Life-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Unraveling-the-Building-Blocks-of-Life-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"3D model of DNA\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Unraveling the Building Blocks of Life\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Think of a cell as a tremendously complicated little machine made up of many different biomolecules such as proteins, DNA, RNA, and metabolites. Until we can explore exactly what is happening deep inside the cell and from many angles, it is difficult to fix these little machines when they break. It\u2019s no longer impossible. Today, USC Dornsife scientists are providing unprecedented access to the building blocks of life \u2014 their structures, how they interact, and how they influence our health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mental-Health-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mental-Health-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Illustration of woman silhouette with brain and medical crosses\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Mental Health\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Physical and mental health are inextricably connected. Yet, the public dialogue frequently casts mental health in the background, and those who suffer from disorders are often stigmatized. By not only developing treatments and interventions for mental health problems but also illuminating the profound benefits of robust mental health to the public good, experts at USC Dornsife are setting new standards for our collective approach to improving human wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/healthcare-equity-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/healthcare-equity-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/healthcare-equity-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"diverse group of illustrated people\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Healthcare Access Across Communities\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>A person\u2019s background, geographic location, or income level often factors heavily into the quality of healthcare and healthy food options available. USC Dornsife experts are exploring ways to overcome the barriers to the very best treatments and interventions. With creativity and compassion, we can transform healthcare systems to support a more robust and productive future for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cancer-feature-block-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cancer-feature-block-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cancer-feature-block-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"illustrated cancer cell and clock\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Cancer\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>While cancer \u201cmoonshots\u201d offer tremendous hope for the future, a revolution in treatment and prevention is already improving the outlook for millions of cancer patients worldwide. From the development of personalized therapies and targeted drugs to noninvasive screening tools and early-detection methods that rely on prediction science, scientists at USC Dornsife are expanding the arsenal in the fight against cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Expressions-and-Experiences-of-Human-Health-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Expressions-and-Experiences-of-Human-Health-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"family hiking outside in woods\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Expressions and Experiences of Human Health\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>All too often, the stories and cultural traditions that impact health are overlooked in favor of treating physical symptoms alone. At USC Dornsife, experts emphasize the need to integrate all the factors that make us human into our efforts to improve wellbeing. They investigate the history of medicine, the different ways that we frame illness, and the social norms that contribute more to our healthcare than we had ever known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Advanced-Imaging-and-Medical-Technology-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Advanced-Imaging-and-Medical-Technology-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"person looking through microscope in dark room and has red design on screen in background\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Advanced Imaging and Medical Technology\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Home to some of the most advanced technology on the planet, USC Dornsife researchers are providing unprecedented ways of seeing molecules and cells, leveraging big data to create medicine, and partnering with industry to accelerate the future of human health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cryo-electron-Microscopes-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cryo-electron-Microscopes-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cryo-electron-Microscopes-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cryo-electron-Microscopes-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"close up of interior of cryo-elctron microscope with hand touching one of the parts\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Cryo-electron Microscopes\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>To solve some of humanity\u2019s greatest health challenges, scientists need to see small \u2014 so small, in fact, that they can see what is happening inside individual molecules. This once impossible feat is happening now at USC, where two of the world\u2019s most advanced cryo-electron microscopes (Cryo-EMs) are housed on campus \u2014 the result of a partnership with biotech giant Amgen and instrument maker Thermo Fisher Scientific. These powerful microscopes allow scientists to take snapshots of biological molecules in three dimensions by freezing them in place. The tool also enables researchers to see how molecules act in the presence of other molecules, which is critical for the development and acceleration of new drug therapies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"links-container\">\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/cryo-electron-microscopy-core-facility\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Freeze Frame: Snapshots of Biological Molecules\"  \n>\n    Freeze Frame: Snapshots of Biological Molecules \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spotlight \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spotlight\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>The Alarming Cost of Pollution<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Environmental economist Paulina Oliva studied what exposure to air pollution does to the mind and the economy. Using data from urban Chinese populations, she found that pollution spikes correspond to higher rates of mental illness and cost China $23 billion in unnecessary health expenditures. 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