Report summary

University of Southern California Department of Preventive Medicine Keck in 2021-2023 reads as a 49-PI network with 163 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (38% of slots across 36 PIs; 36 labels), Physiology as the leading subfield (9% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), and Air Quality and Health Impacts as the leading topic (6% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 17 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Tyler B. Mason (27.6 weighted works; Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet); Adam M. Leventhal (24.9 weighted works; Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Behavioral Health and Interventions). The strongest pairings are Carrie V. Breton and Theresa M. Bastain (67 shared works, weight 22.9). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 134, around Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Global and Planetary Change, led by Theresa M. Bastain, Shohreh F. Farzan, Sandrah P. Eckel; group 2 with 6 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 60.5, around Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, led by Tyler B. Mason, Adam M. Leventhal, Jennifer B. Unger.