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Monday, July 24, 2017
The Center for Applied Molecular Medicine (CAMM) at the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine hosted its seventh annual Junior Fellows program from June 14 through June 30. The program aims to foster scientific achievement for rising high school seniors interested in clinical or research oncology by challenging them... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
As a surgeon with an especially strong sense of how important personal connections can be, Alejandro Pita, MD, knew that he had found his first choice when he arrived at USC for his residency interview. He attended a pre-interview dinner with Kenji Inaba, MD, associate professor of surgery (clinical scholar)... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
Should a nurse ask family members to help move a patient from the bed to a chair? How do you assess the pain level of a patient who can’t speak? What’s one way to help a patient who may be at risk for dementia? Attendees of the June 22 Intensive... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
A cohort of recent graduates from a leadership program are ready to put their knowledge to the test with a quality improvement project they developed for their required capstone project. The Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) is a collaborative effort between Keck Medicine of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Led... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
The lymph nodes, liver and kidney are not passive filters for toxins, but complex organ systems that perform an astonishing array of critical functions. To help patients who have suffered damage to these organ systems, this year’s Broad Clinical Research Fellows are pioneering new regenerative strategies. As a clinical instructor... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
The Keck School of Medicine of USC recently hosted a symposium for the American Brain Tumor Association, called Partners in Treatment and Care, that was attended by dozens of patients, family members and caregivers from the Los Angeles area. The June 10 symposium offered attendees the opportunity to hear from... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
From the age of 6, Mich Hamlin remembers being homeless. In fact, he doesn’t ever remember not living on the streets of Southern California with his parents and two brothers. To Hamlin — now 24 and about to enter USC’s physical therapy program this fall — it was a normal... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
Adam Leventhal, PhD, associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will lead a grant-funded effort to maximize smoking cessation resources at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Leventhal has been awarded more than $8 million in grants as principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
On June 24, volunteers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC division of neurocritical care and stroke participated at the 20th Annual Proyecto Pastoral Women’s Conference in downtown Los Angeles. Volunteers provided free blood pressure screenings, stroke education, as well as sunscreen and hygiene kits to participants. More than... Read More »
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Monday, July 24, 2017
The Keck School of Medicine of USC honored USC Trustee Malcolm Currie, PhD, and his wife Barbara recently as the 2017 recipients of the Elaine Stevely Hoffman Award. The Curries, who donated $10 million in 2015 toward the endowment of the Keck School and construction of the USC Michelson Center... Read More »
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Managing lifestyle factors such as hearing loss, smoking, hypertension and depression could prevent one-third of the world’s dementia cases, according to a report by the first Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention and Care. Presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2017 and published in The Lancet, the report also... Read More »