• Keck Medicine of USC celebrates Juneteenth

Keck Medicine of USC celebrates Juneteenth

June 26, 2024

On June 19, the Black Leaders and Colleagues at Keck Medicine of USC (B.L.A.C.K. Med) employee resource group for Black and African American employees, honored Juneteenth with a flag-raising ceremony at Keck Medical Center, followed by a celebration with food,... Read More Now »

  • A woman receives hospital care at home.

Study: Americans find hospital-at-home care appealing and safe

July 15th, 2024

Hospital-level care provided in a patient’s own home is appealing to a majority of people for its convenience, comfort and effectiveness, and the possibility of faster recovery as a result, according to a USC Schaeffer ... Read More »

Belonging and camouflaging while Black, female and autistic

July 15th, 2024

A new conceptual article published in Autism in Adulthood by a team of USC researchers and students from the Disparity Reduction and Equity in Autism Services (DREAmS) Lab explores how occupational science might reconcile authentic belonging and autistic camouflaging ... Read More »

  • A colorful image shows a kidney's macula densa cell in green and yellow among a network of red and gray

To regenerate the kidney, please don’t pass the salt

July 15th, 2024

A loss of salt and body fluid can stimulate kidney regeneration and repair in mice, according to a NIH-funded study led by USC Stem Cell scientist Janos Peti-Peterdi and published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. ... Read More »

  • A doctor shows a patient a model of a liver with cirrhosis.

Cirrhosis affects twice as many transgender adults as cisgender adults

July 10th, 2024

A new study from Keck Medicine of USC, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, finds that transgender adults have double the prevalence of cirrhosis compared to cisgender adults (people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at ... Read More »

  • Ricky Bluthenal, PhD and Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD

Bluthenthal and Hughes Halbert take lead in population and public health

July 10th, 2024

The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named interim leadership for the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, distinguished professor of population and public health sciences, stepped into the role ... Read More »

  • Alison Cogan, PhD

Cogan named recipient of ACRM’s Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award

July 5th, 2024

Alison Cogan, PhD, assistant professor of occupational science and occupational therapy at the USC Chan Division, has been named the 2024 recipient of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award ... Read More »

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