Could microbes found on the International Space Station affect astronauts’ health in long-term space travel?

As NASA sharpens its focus on Mars, USC School of Pharmacy researchers are working with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to provide answers to that question.

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Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, welcomed Gianluca Lazzi, PhD, MBA, recently as the guest speaker for the Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series. Lazzi, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University … Read More »

Scientists at the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) of the Keck School of Medicine of USC have enrolled more than 1,000 people in their international clinical trials and are still seeking more participants.

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Distinguished Professor Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, director of the USC Institute for Global Health, Flora L. Thornton Chair of Preventive Medicine, received the 2016 Fries Prize for Improving Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nov. 17 for … Read More »

The United States Surgeon General on Dec. 8 released a new report calling e-cigarettes “a major public health concern,” which included input from a professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

“E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A … Read More »