Arnold School of Public Health at South Carolina

One the heels of the FDA's approval of some flavored e-cigarettes, U.S. News and World Report shares guidance from experts like Anthony Alberg about how parents can talk to kids about va**ng.

How Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Va**ng as FDA Authorizes Some Flavored E-Cigarettes Nearly 6% of U.S. middle and high school students v**e

Big congratulations to Paddington Mundagowa, William Capell, and Yuanzhen Yue on winning student awards from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics! 🎉 https://ow.ly/juZ450ZcGU5

The latest Action in Research newsletter is hot off the press with all the news you need to know from the Arnold School's Office of Research. Catch up with your copy here ➡️ https://ow.ly/yYB350Zct2Z

If you've met Lee Pearson, you won't be at all surprised to learn he won the South Carolina Public Health Association's James A. Hayne Award earlier this year. Congrats to one of the state's biggest champions of public health! 🎉 https://ow.ly/HGEb50ZbMlf

Ph.D. student Olivia Hinds has been studying substance use disorder since high school. Now she's taking her unique area of interest (maternal and child health outcomes when opioids are used during pregnancy) a step further with a training fellowship from The National Institute on Drug Abuse - NIDA. https://ow.ly/xyJo50Zb2y8

DYK the Arnold School is home to the largest undergraduate public health program in the country? Meet some of the best of the best in this year's Outstanding Public Health Award winners 🎉 ➡️ https://ow.ly/Gi1R50ZarHb

"One of the things I value most about the Arnold School is that it prepared me not only for a job, but for a career focused on continuous learning and public impact."

Hear more from 2X epidemiology alumna Chelsea Richard, who was recently included in the SCBiz Top 100 Women list ➡️ https://ow.ly/i6WG50Z9QzF

We're so proud of the four Arnold School alumni who were included in the 2026 Gamecock35 cohort. Big congrats to Alyssa Blickensderfer Paley, Graham Caulk, Ross Lordo, and Aaron Guest! 🎉 https://ow.ly/LhJP50Z9jHz

A multi-year research project led by members of the Children's Physical Activity Research Group has illuminated an array of factors related to the decline in children's physical activity as they move from elementary to middle and then high school. https://ow.ly/Il1l50Z8MUI

ICYMI, the Presidential Fitness Test is Back. Exercise Science Professor Russell Pate has been weighing in through various media outlets, but did you know he's part of the reason SC is better prepared than most states to reintroduce the test? It's thanks to the SC FitnessGram he and other experts developed 10 years ago.

FitnessGram | South Carolina Department of Public Health Updated: May 8, 2026 Image   Data Success StoriesAboutSC FitnessGram is a statewide movement to evaluate and improve the health-related fitness among public school students in South Carolina. Participating schools annually collect fitness data of students in grades 2, 5, 8 and high school. The find...