International team sheds new light on biology underlying schizophrenia
As part of a multinational, collaborative effort, researchers from Keck Medicine of USC, have helped identify more than 100 locations in the human genome associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia. In what is the largest genomic study published on any psychiatric disorder to date, the findings, which are […]
Auditory brainstem implant surgery performed on toddler at CHLA
A Los Angeles team of scientists and surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) reported that sound registered in the brain of a deaf Canadian boy […]
Keck Medicine of USC adds to its renowned urology team
Continuing its momentum as one of the fastest growing urology programs in the nation, Gerhard Fuchs, MD, an internationally renowned urologic surgeon, researcher and educator who advanced innovative technology to minimize the pain of eliminating kidney […]
Keck Medical Center of USC Co-sponsors Congenital Heart Walk
The Keck Medical Center of USC co-sponsored the Greater Los Angeles Congenital Heart Walk on June 29 at Griffith Park. The event attracted more than 1,000 people and raised more than $90,000 to support advocacy, research, and care […]
USC Norris cancer patient spurred to fight on by the Trojan marching band
For his last radiation treatment, Russ Enyeart’s doctor told him she wasn’t going to be able to keep his usual 1:30 appointment time and had to push it back to 5 p.m. She was bending the […]
Keck School professor’s research yields new look at origin of lymphoma
Michael Lieber, MD, PhD, professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has spent years studying the origin of lymphoma by tracing the onset of the problem to the most elemental of levels by looking […]
NIH awards CHLA $4 million to map developing lung
A team of Keck School of Medicine of USC investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded $4 million over five years by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute […]
USC Stem Cell researcher targets ‘seeds’ of breast cancer metastasis
For breast cancer patients, the era of personalized medicine may be just around the corner, thanks to recent advances by USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu, MD, PhD, and scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard […]
Amgen CEO to speak at USC Aug. 13
The second season of the Keck School of Medicine Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series will feature Robert A. Bradway, chair and CEO of Amgen, the world’s largest independent biotechnology company.
Bradway will speak at 4 p.m. on Aug.13 […]
It’s Elementary
The “Molecular and Social Systems: Learning through Creative Exploration” exhibit opened July 12 at the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Institute for Genetic Medicine, melding art, medicine and social activism that promotes physical and social healing. The […]
Hospital-bound patient attends son’s graduation via technology
Keck Hospital of USC patient Jim McDermott and Fox 11 News reporter Christine O’Donnell watch McDermott’s son graduating from Orange County School of the Arts on June 12. McDermott, who is awaiting a heart transplant, […]
Archstone Foundation funds research on depression among elderly Latinos
Archstone Foundation awarded $122,000 to expand a USC mental health research study aimed at addressing depression among older Latinos suffering from a chronic illness.
Led by Isabel Lagomasino, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the Keck School […]