Holiday greetings from the deans

Several hundred faculty, staff and students from the USC Health Sciences Campus attended a holiday breakfast Dec. 19 on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad. They were welcomed by Carmen A. Puliafito, dean of the Keck School of Medicine Read More »

December 22nd, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers engineer a ‘smart bomb’ to attack childhood leukemia

Fatih Uckun, MD, Jianjun Cheng, PhD, and their colleagues have taken the first steps towards developing a so-called “smart bomb” to attack the most common and deadly form of childhood cancer — called B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

In a November Read More »

December 21st, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

The helix of hearing

Titled “De Novo,” this sculpture was created as part of an ongoing collaboration between USC Stem Cell and the USC Roski School of Art and Design. Doctor of Pharmacy candidate Loranna Grigoryan and undergraduate biological sciences major Jonathan Lee fashioned Read More »

December 19th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Jon-Paul Pepper is a surgeon, scientist, student and award-winner

USC’s Jon-Paul Pepper, MD, is not the average award winner. He’s also not the average facial plastic surgeon, faculty researcher or master’s student — in part, because he’s currently all of these things.

At a Read More »

December 19th, 2014|Announcements|

GeoHealth track joins online Master of Public Health program

The USC Keck School of Medicine has launched a GeoHealth track as part of the Master of Public Health online program. This specialty is the first of its kind.

“We are excited to pioneer this specialized online education opportunity for the Read More »

December 18th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Nail stem cells prove more versatile than press-ons

Most body parts don’t grow back when you lose them. Nails are an exception, and a new study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals some of the reasons why.

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December 18th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Global health lecture stresses personalized medicine

Kwang Yul Cha, M.D., founder of the Korean health-care enterprise CHA Health Systems, was the presenter at last month’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series.

Cha’s vision for optimal global health care is to cure disease through the collaboration between hospitals, universities, research Read More »

December 13th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Author discusses advances in cancer treatment

Cancer has stumped physicians and scientists for thousands of years. Major discoveries have changed our understanding of cancer and how to treat it, but there is still far more to learn.

“Cancer remains the most significant challenge in the history of Read More »

December 12th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Rose Parade court visits USC Norris Cancer Hospital

For the 19th year, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade Royal Court visited the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center on Dec. 3 to spread holiday cheer among faculty physicians and day-hospital patients such as Jesus Acosta. The 2015 Rose court Read More »

December 12th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

New stem cell course brings together science and fiction

 

USC is offering a new two-unit class in spring 2015, MEDS 380 Stem Cells: Fact and Fiction, which will explore contemporary topics in stem cell biology and innovative future applications that can close the Read More »

December 12th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Institute of Urology hosts major scientific meetings

In an impressive display of its expanding leadership in urology, the USC Institute of Urology hosted three major scientific meetings in four months.

USC welcomed the 92nd meeting of the Clinical Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (CSGUS) to Read More »

December 12th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC hosts stem cell agency’s birthday bash

Few 10-year-olds have brought 10 potential medical treatments into clinical trials. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is an exceptional 10-year-old, however.

In 2004, the voters of California created CIRM to dispense $3 billion to fund stem cell Read More »

December 12th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Gala celebrates ‘Changing Lives and Creating Cures’

Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen A. Puliafito presents Derrick Hall, president and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball franchise, with the inaugural Louis Zamperini Courage Award at the gala. Keck School Read More »

December 12th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Halloween retreat showcases USC’s ‘scary smart’ stem cell researchers

By the end of the retreat, the domino-costumed members of the lab of Gage Crump, PhD, were completely floored. By the end of the retreat, the domino-costumed members of the lab of Read More »

December 11th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Eye Institute opens state-of-the-art community facility in Arcadia

USC Eye Institute Director Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, accepts a letter of commendation from Arcadia Mayor John Wuo at the grand opening of the institute's Arcadia clinic on Dec. 1, 2014. USC Read More »

December 11th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

NIH awards $4.5 million for research co-led by Keck School urologist

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded $4.5 million to a team of researchers led by Larissa V. Rodríguez, MD, professor of urology and obstetrics and gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, to study the causes, Read More »

December 10th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|