USC Norris team is honored at Lung Association event

Daniel S. Oh, MD, and the entire Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer team at USC’s Keck School of Medicine recently received the Impact Award during the 2015 LUNG FORCE Gala.

The award recognizes a public health professional whose career and work have made Read More »

July 10th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Broad Clinical Research Fellows sought

USC Stem Cell has up to four available positions to support clinical research fellow training. The fellows must have, or be training for, an MD or MD/PhD degree and have the capability of practicing medicine in California.

Fellows will be funded Read More »

July 10th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Brain study shows that depression reduces size of hippocampus

Chronic depression is associated with shrinkage in the hippocampus, a part of the brain related to learning and memory, according to new research led by a team from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

“Depressed people consistently had less brain Read More »

July 8th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Pioneering master’s program set to welcome first batch of students

Considered the first of its kind in the United States, a new master’s degree program in the art and science of neuroimaging will welcome its inaugural class this fall at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

The one-year master’s of Read More »

July 8th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Foundation funds clinical trial of drug to treat bone cancer

The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center recently received $100,000 to fund a clinical trial of a new drug for the treatment of sarcoma, with an emphasis on osteosarcoma.

The gift comes from a foundation established in memory of David Andrew Maddan, Read More »

July 8th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|