On Thursday, October 16, at 10:16a.m., USC will participate in the Great California ShakeOut. This year over nine million people are expected to participate making the ShakeOut the largest disaster drill in history.
The purpose of the ShakeOut is to help people … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC has been named the sole grant recipient to become the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), a vital clearinghouse created by the Administration on Aging, part of the Administration on Community Living in the … Read More »
Mike Habib has trouble getting rest.
“There are days when I don’t sleep as much as I should,” admits the assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, who has a joint appointment with the Natural History Museum of … Read More »
Keck Medical Center of USC is the first medical center in the world to use new robotic technology in an outpatient procedure for a kidney cancer patient.
Urologic surgeons at the USC Institute of Urology, part of Keck Medicine of USC, … Read More »
Bindi Patel had no idea when she opened the journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants (AAPA) that she would see her own smiling visage on the AAPA’s ad for PA Week.
PA Week is an annual effort by the … Read More »
The university’s Good Neighbors Campaign, USC’s annual employee-giving initiative organized by Civic Engagement, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a $2 million fundraising effort to support key university-community partnership programs.
Carolina Castillo, executive director of development for USC Civic … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC scientists have discovered new clues about a drug instrumental in treating a certain blood cancer that may provide important targets for researchers searching for cures.
The team investigated whether demethylation of gene bodies induced by the drug … Read More »
A multi-institutional team of researchers studying schizophrenia and bipolar disorder has been awarded a $16 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to create the most extensive genetic resource to date for these two devastating psychiatric disorders, … Read More »
Researchers at the Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), together with colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, have answered the long-standing question of why mutations to a particular gene primarily cause tumors of the retina and not of … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC researcher Heather Volk, PhD, MPH, has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her research on the relationship between prenatal air pollution exposure and the risk of developing … Read More »
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD, director of the Trauma Program and Pediatric Disaster Resource and Training Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and associate professor of pediatric surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been selected to serve … Read More »
The Wu Jieping Medical Foundation has made a gift of $100,000 to support research by Si-Yi Chen, MD, PhD, at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
The gift will fund a pilot translational research project … Read More »
Unlike salamanders, mammals can’t regenerate lost limbs, but they can repair large sections of their ribs.
In a new study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, a team directed by USC Stem Cell researcher Francesca Mariani, PhD, takes a … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is now hosting physician on-boarding sessions to help new physicians better transition to working in the organization. The first physician on-boarding day (above) was held on July 21 with 37 physicians participating. Keck leaders spoke to … Read More »
USC Trustee Ronnie C. Chan, MBA, and his wife, Barbara, have dedicated $20 million to USC’s pioneering occupational science and occupational therapy program. Given in honor of Chan’s mother, the gift endows and names the division, which will be known … Read More »
A trio of students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently received awards for excellence in research and academics.
Fourth-year student Mariya Kalashnikova received a $10,000 Physicians of Tomorrow scholarship from the American Medical Association Foundation. The scholarship recognizes … Read More »
The family and friends of Derek Seehausen, a Keck School of Medicine of USC student who has been missing since Aug. 5, gathered on the Health Sciences Campus for a press conference on Sept. 12 to publicize the search and … Read More »
Zea Borok, MD, professor of medicine and of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been elected to membership in the American Association of Physicians (AAP). The AAP is a professional organization that promotes … Read More »
Keck Medical Center USC is the first medical center in the world to use new robotic technology in an outpatient procedure for a kidney cancer patient.
Urologic surgeons at the USC Institute of Urology, part of Keck … Read More »
Xavier Becerra, representative for California’s 34th congressional district since 1993, addressed a capacity crowd at the Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series on Sept. 3.
He provided a behind-the-scenes look at the Affordable Care Act, discussed national security concerns and responded to difficult … Read More »