McKay Center – Athletic Medicine of USC Student Health

Gonzalez, Sophia; PT, DPT, SCS, ATC

Rehab Coordinator, Assistant Athletic Trainer and Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy. Sport Responsibility: Rowing…Continue Reading Gonzalez, Sophia; PT, DPT, SCS, ATC

Assistant Athletic Trainer. Sport Responsibilities: Men’s and Women’s Tennis…Continue Reading Shibel, Justin; MS, ATC, CES

Assistant Athletic Trainer. Sport responsibility: Women’s Soccer…Continue Reading Newton, Corey; MA, ATC, CES

Assistant Athletic Trainer. Sport responsibility: Football…Continue Reading McMannes, Sean; MAT, ATC

Assistant Athletic Trainer. Sport responsibility: Women’s Soccer…Continue Reading Jefferson, TaMesha; MS, ATC

Rehab Coordinator, Assistant Athletic Trainer and Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy. Sport Responsibility: Football…Continue Reading Noceti-DeWit, Lisa; PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, ATC, FAFS

Senior Associate Athletic Trainer; Men’s and Women’s Water Polo…Continue Reading Olsen, Sandra; MS, ATC, FAFS

Associate Athletic Trainer. Sport Responsibility: Baseball…Continue Reading Diaz, Paul; MA, ATC

In memoriam: John Robinson, 89, football coach who led USC to 1978 national championship, 8 bowl games
Robinson, one of the Trojans’ most popular and successful football coaches, won 74% of his games during two coaching stints at USC.
USC breaks ground on state-of-the-art Bloom Football Performance Center
The facility is the latest investment in the future of Trojan sports under President Carol Folt’s “moonshot” aimed at transforming USC’s athletics on and off the field.
USC’s new women’s basketball general manager is ready to take Trojans to the next level
The first-of-its-kind position at USC is a sign of the times as well as the reach and popularity of the university’s brand. The team’s season opens Monday in Paris.
Building better athletes through social work
Omar López’s coaching blends social work practice with athletic training, producing national champions for the USC Trojan Boxing Club.

Could a pill provide the dementia-fighting benefits of exercise? A study in mice raises the possibility
USC Leonard Davis Professor Constanza Cortes’ lab is looking for ways to help older people who can’t exercise due to medical or physical conditions.
Large-scale study of brain volume finds genetic links to Parkinson’s disease, ADHD
Researchers from USC joined in an international study that revealed hundreds of genetic variants that shape the brain.
Pandemic-era increase in alcohol use persists
Study finds heavy drinking among adult Americans increased more than 20% during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued for two years.
One reason seniors are flocking to Medicare Advantage: It’s much cheaper
Monthly out-of-pocket costs were dramatically lower in Medicare Advantage plans, according to a study co-authored by Erin Trish of the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.