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Monday, April 1, 2019
Communication between doctors and their patients is one factor in providing excellent health care. It is with that in mind that Keck Medicine of USC recently added new features to the myUSCchart patient portal to enhance dialog between patients and providers. Now patients have access to notes from their visits... Read More »
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Friday, March 29, 2019
Courtney Voelker, MD, director of neurotology in the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Keck Medicine of USC, traveled to Bolivia in 2015. It was during that trip, operating at 12,000 feet, that she witnessed the repercussions of the lack of access to health care... Read More »
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
Can exercise reduce the risk of heart disease in people with breast cancer? That’s what Kyuwan Lee, a PhD candidate in the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, investigated as part of a study led by Christina Dieli-Conwright, PHD, MD, assistant professor of research biokinesiology and physical therapy, called... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Thu Nguyen-Knowles will never forget the optimism and energy she felt the first time she stepped on USC’s campus as a candidate for executive director of clinical operations at USC Student Health. “When I first came to USC’s campus, I got goosebumps,” she said. “I immediately felt like I found... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Doctors treat disease, fix broken bones and offer advice on exercise and diet, but USC Professor Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, thinks they can and should do more. Overcrowded housing, food insecurity, homelessness, poverty, the lack of community-based health care services for marginalized populations — they all deserve attention. And doctors and... Read More »
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Friday, March 22, 2019
When Gail Abarbanel, MSW, started working as a social worker at a hospital in Los Angeles, she discovered that there was a profound gap in services for survivors of rape and other forms of sexual assault. In an era when rape was rarely spoken about, and only in hushed tones,... Read More »
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Friday, March 22, 2019
USC interim President Wanda M. Austin and provost Michael Quick led a delegation of trustees and administrators to Washington, D.C., last week to advocate for a host of key national priorities that directly impact the university’s faculty, researchers and students. Joining the president and provost were Board of Trustees Chairman... Read More »
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Thursday, March 21, 2019
After months of hard work, dozens of students from Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School presented their original research projects at the annual Bravo-USC Science and Engineering Fair on March 4 to a panel of judges from USC, UCLA and other institutions. The budding scientists vied for awards and the... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Noted life scientist, teacher and academic leader Carol L. Folt will become the University of Southern California’s 12th president, the USC Board of Trustees announced March 20. Formerly chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), Folt brings decades of experience in academia to USC, launching a new era... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
More than 300 alumni, friends, donors and students gathered for the Keck School of Medicine of USC 2019 Scholarship Gala, held March 16 at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. The Scholarship Gala honors exceptional students, faculty and alumni who highlight not only the best in academics and research,... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
For the seventh year in a row, USC is among the top universities for U.S. Fulbright students. Institutions with the most students accepted to the prestigious program are announced by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and highlighted annually in The Chronicle of Higher Education. USC consistently appears on... Read More »