Trojan CALM

Trojan CALM (cortisol assessment and laboratory measurement) is a student-led research project under the advisement of Dr. Amanda Burkhardt which aims to better understand one of the major concerns across the entire population of the University of Southern California (USC): stress. This IRB approved surveillance study measures the levels of perceived psychological stress within the university population (undergraduate, graduate, staff, faculty) via weekly stress surveys paired with weekly salivary cortisol quantification by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). For more information, visit sites.usc.edu/calm.