Research shows teens who use e-cigarettes tend to go on to tobacco

A multi-university team led by Keck Medicine of USC researchers has found, for the first time, that using electronic cigarettes, or “vaping,” is associated with a propensity to start smoking cigarettes or use other tobacco products.

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August 27th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

White House honors IGM Gallery Director Lynn Crandall

Members of the advisory council for the USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery and community leaders recently attended a gala to celebrate an award for volunteerism presented by the White House to IGM Gallery Director Lynn Crandall.

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August 27th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers travel the road toward a cure for HIV/AIDS

Sometimes, wonderful things happen when scientists and the public get together to talk about research. All the jargon, all the technical language falls away, and it becomes instead a conversation between the two groups with the most at stake: the Read More »

August 25th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Summer stem cell program benefits high school students

Enthusiastic is the word that best describes the 10 students from this year’s USC Early Investigator High School (EiHS) Stem Cell Research Program, who graduated July 31 from the summer laboratory immersion program at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center Read More »

August 25th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Occupational therapy students reflect on paths to the profession

More than 200 students will take their professional oaths and put on their white coats for the first time as occupational therapy students at the annual white coat ceremony held by the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division Occupational Science Read More »

August 25th, 2015|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|