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Friday, October 6, 2017
More than 560 Keck Medicine of USC employees participated in the American Heart Association’s 2017 Los Angeles Heart Walk, held Sept. 23 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Keck Medicine, a sponsor of the annual 5K walk, encouraged physicians and staff to participate in its efforts to help the American... Read More »
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recognized Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists Gage Crump, PhD, and Pinghui Feng, PhD, with awards for Sustaining Outstanding Achievement in Research (SOAR) — eight-year, $8 million grants to enhance our understanding of dental, oral and craniofacial diseases and conditions. Awarded by... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
University and hospital leaders gathered during a lively ceremony recently to celebrate the opening of the remodeled clinic space for the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute. Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, was joined by USC President C. L. Max Nikias, PhD, USC... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Keck Medicine of USC physicians continue to be recognized among the best in the region in an annual ranking of doctors in the San Gabriel Valley. In all, 364 physicians have been included in Pasadena Magazine’s 2017 roster of “Top Doctors,” representing 35 different specialties, including oncology, radiology, neurology, orthopaedic... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Noted psychologist, educator and advocate Mimi Hoang, PhD, spoke on the importance of creating a positive, accepting environment for bisexual patients in clinical practice and everyday life before a capacity crowd recently on the Health Sciences Campus. Using historical information, statistics, research and her own experience as a bisexual clinician... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Two junior faculty members at the Keck School of Medicine of USC each have been awarded $100,000 grants by the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation. Crystal Marconett, PhD, from the Department of Surgery, and Hosung Kim, PhD, from the Department of Neurology, were chosen on the basis of... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Three pioneers in the study of microbiomes will share the 2017 Meira and Shaul G. Massry Prize and deliver a lecture on the Health Sciences Campus in October, officials announced recently. The three scientists were chosen in recognition of their collective efforts in expanding the medical and scientific communities’ understanding... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Holly Muir, MD, chair and professor of anesthesiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named co-chair of the Vladimir Zelman Department of Anesthesiology of the Novosibirsk State University (NSU) Institute of Medicine and Psychology in Russia, as a part of a collaborative project between the Keck... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Faculty and staff from across Keck Medicine of USC are coming together to provide healthy meals to our local community. Each month, more than 20 staff members, physicians and leaders from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Keck Medicine spend an afternoon working together to purchase, prepare and... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
An interdisciplinary team of pharmacy and public health students traveled to northern Uganda in August to lead a public health camp for more than 1,000 youth. Nonprofit organization Ray United FC organizes the annual camp to promote healthy kids and communities through soccer and education. Each year, USC students and... Read More »
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Just as beauty exists in the eye of the beholder, a signal depends upon the interpretation of the receiver. According to new USC research published in Stem Cell Reports, a protein called TAZ can convey very different signals — depending not only upon the variety of stem cell, but also... Read More »