More than 400 staff members participated in an evacuation exercise on July 17 at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The large drill centered on a simulated earthquake of magnitude 7.0 that struck near Santa Monica, damaging medical facilities … Read More »
In the past two years, USC’s Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine has welcomed six new assistant professors — with more additions expected. Going forward, a new gift will allow USC to recognize four of its young faculty … Read More »
Gone are the days of searching for an unlocked wireless signal while visiting another university — safe and secure high-speed Internet access is now as simple as opening your laptop.
Through a service called eduroam, Keck Medicine of USC physicians, students, … Read More »
This summer, leaders from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) visited Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco to consult with citizens and patient advocates in each city. These citizens are among the voters who created CIRM to dispense … Read More »
Science fiction author Margaret Atwood has frequently stated that biotechnology itself is neutral. It is how people use it that is good or bad. In a new spring course, MEDS 380 Stem Cells: Fact and Fiction, this concept became a … Read More »
For the seventh consecutive year, the hospitals of Keck Medicine of USC have been named among the best hospitals in the country for 2015-16 by U.S. News & World Report.
The magazine’s annual “Best Hospitals” rankings recognize hospitals in the United … Read More »
Amar A. Desai, MD, MPH, of Keck Medicine of USC has been selected for the 2015 edition of Rising Stars: 25 Healthcare Leaders Under 40.
The honorees on this year’s list have achieved great professional heights in the health care industry … Read More »
Policymakers and developers planning high-density housing near public transit with the goal of reducing automobile use and greenhouse gas emissions need a clearer understanding of the health risks of air pollution from busy roads and freeways nearby, according to new … Read More »
Two USC research leaders recently received funding to participate in a global effort to find new ways to prevent the onset of Type 1 diabetes (T1D).
David Agus, MD, professor of medicine, and Dan Ruderman, PhD, assistant professor of research medicine, … Read More »
Even though the transplantation of blood stem cells, also known as bone marrow, has saved lives over many decades, the genes that control the number or function of blood stem cells are not fully understood. In a study published in … Read More »
The new head of the Bone Marrow Transplant section of Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is Michael Allen Pulsipher, MD. Like most CHLA physicians, he also joins the Keck School of Medicine of … Read More »
When Andy McMahon, head of USC Stem Cell, wanted a three-dimensional image of a kidney, he used to ship the organ to Australia. Now he can just send down the hall to the university’s new specialized microscope — built by five … Read More »
Can science make us immortal?
At a recent Los Angeles screening of director Tarsem Singh’s science fiction thriller Self/Less, USC Stem Cell researcher Michael Bonaguidi and University of Arizona researcher Wolfgang Fink tackled this and other big questions during a panel … Read More »
If two heads are better than one, then two labs are better as well. That concept underlies the new Doerr Stem Cell Challenge Grants in which teams of postdoctoral researchers from different USC labs receive up to $10,000 in funding … Read More »
Translating scientific discovery to practical benefit is a difficult challenge, and Christopher Austin, MD, director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), thinks sickle cell disease is a prime example.
Although the molecular and genetic defect that causes sickle … Read More »
Cartilage does a lot more than determine the shapes of people’s ears and noses. It also enables people to breathe and to form healthy bones. In a study published in Cell Reports, USC Stem Cell researcher Xinjun He and University … Read More »
A Keck Medicine of USC neuroradiologist has been awarded four grants that will pave the way for new research into the underlying causes of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Kevin S. King, MD, assistant professor of clinical radiology … Read More »
USC Eye Institute Director Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, was the guest of honor and featured speaker recently at the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society Meeting in Hawaii.
The conference, now in its 99th year, draws top otolaryngology and ophthalmology physicians and scientists … Read More »
Glen Stimmel, a national leader in clinical pharmacy practice and a USC faculty member since 1974, is the new interim dean of the USC School of Pharmacy, effective July 1.
“I’m looking forward to working with the excellent faculty, staff, students, … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, has received an award honoring his contributions to medicine from National Medical Fellowships (NMF), an organization founded in 1946 that provides scholarships to underrepresented minority students in medicine … Read More »