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Keck Medicine receives award for excellence in pharmacy practices
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Keck Medicine of USC has received accreditation/certification as a Center of Excellence for Safe Medication-Use and Pharmacy Practice from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), making Keck Medicine one of only eight health systems in the nation to receive this prestigious designation. “Our pharmacy team has worked incredibly hard... Read More »

Meltzer names new chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
On June 30, Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, announced the appointment of Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD, as chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences (PPHS), effective July 1, 2025. Bluthenthal has served as interim chair since July 1, 2024.... Read More »

Leading innovator in physical therapy earns APTA Practice Award
Monday, June 30, 2025
The American Physical Therapy Association has bestowed Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS, director of the USC Wound Management Physical Therapy Residency, with the Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall Practice Award for her outstanding and enduring contributions to the practice of physical therapy. Woelfel is a longtime faculty member of... Read More »

USC Roski Eye Institute celebrates 49 years of preserving, protecting and restoring sight
Monday, June 30, 2025
Nearly five decades of groundbreaking eye care came into focus on June 14 as the USC Roski Eye Institute marked its 49th year of ophthalmic excellence. Held at the Aresty Conference Center on the USC Health Sciences Campus, Roski’s annual symposium connected faculty, alumni and guests through presentations on newly approved... Read More »

USC trains biotech leaders, thanks to state stem cell funding
Monday, June 30, 2025
To accelerate stem cell treatments to patients with unmet medical needs, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has always recognized the need to educate and train a scientific workforce. The CIRM Scholars program at USC Stem Cell will soon have a record of having trained a total of 110 trainees,... Read More »

Keck Medicine of USC celebrates Juneteenth, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
[caption id="attachment_16623" align="alignright" width="300"] Keck Medicine of USC staff watch the ceremonial raising of the Juneteenth flag on June 19, 2025.[/caption] On June 19, the Black Leaders and Colleagues at Keck Medicine of USC (B.L.A.C.K. Med), the organization’s employee resource group (ERG) for Black and African American employees, honored Juneteenth... Read More »

E-cigarette and cannabis social media posts pose risks for teens, study finds
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Teens who see social media posts showing cannabis or e-cigarettes, including from friends and influencers, are more likely to later start using those substances or to report using them in the past month, according to research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Viewing such posts was linked to... Read More »

Most Medicare beneficiaries may pay more for drugs under the IRA
Monday, June 23, 2025
Making prescription drugs more affordable was a key goal of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). However, most Medicare beneficiaries may end up paying more out of pocket for medicines as Part D plans adjust to the law’s new provisions, according to a new white paper from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health... Read More »

Study led by the Keck School links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Exposure to wildfire smoke and heat stress can negatively affect birth outcomes for women, especially in climate-vulnerable neighborhoods, according to a recent study led by postdoctoral researcher Roxana Khalili, PhD, of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The investigation, just... Read More »