Conducting hepatitis B screenings at local health fairs is one way that members of the Keck School of Medicine’s Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) give back. The students join forces with the Asian Pacific Liver Center to check … Read More »
Once a month, up to 60 local high school students join volunteers from the Primary Care Physician Assistant (PA) Program at Keck School of Medicine of USC for the Pipeline Program, which teaches these students knowledge and skills that could … Read More »
As the chief diversity officer for the American Association of Medical Colleges, Marc Nivet has a message you’d never expect: Diversity is not good.
“There is nothing inherently good about diversity, there’s nothing magical about diversity,” Nivet said during a Feb. … Read More »
Building and supporting a diverse campus community is a cornerstone principle of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The School has a multi-pronged plan to support that principle — building a pipeline of interested and qualified students, supporting those … Read More »
For patients in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, a routine check-up can bring up topics out of the norm for practicing physicians. As a result, students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are taking strides … Read More »
Even the most diverse student body can feel alienated and underrepresented if there isn’t a diverse faculty to match it. The Keck School of Medicine of USC has a proud heritage of diversity and is taking steps to further develop … Read More »
After assuming oversight of the USC Clinical Trials Office (CTO) in January, the Keck School of Medicine of USC has announced the appointment of Melissa Archer, JD, as the new director of the CTO. Archer, who has a background in … Read More »
Congresswoman Linda Sánchez was recognized for her work as an advocate for Alzheimer’s research and care at the Feb. 12 conference, The Many Faces of Dementia, in downtown Los Angeles. The Pioneer Award was presented by the Alzheimer Disease Research Center.
Sánchez … Read More »
For the fifth year, nearly 100 USC students from 10 colleges faced current-day issues of global health during the USC Global Health Case Competition on Feb. 11. The winning team will represent the university in a national competition in April.
This … Read More »
Pamela Schaff, MD, was 17 years old when she had a revelation.
Schaff, now associate dean for curriculum at the Keck School, was just a teenager visiting her mother, who was recovering from minor surgery.
“I was walking down the hospital corridor … Read More »
Attendees listen to a speaker during the Women and Children’s Health Symposium, held … Read More »
For two years, cancer survivors have been able to showcase their artwork in a rotating show at the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Resource Library in the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Alzheimer’s disease not only takes a profound physical toll but has a huge emotional and financial impact on society as well, two experts on the disease told a USC crowd.
“Today in the United States, we spend $250 billion to $260 … Read More »
A former patient at the University of Southern California (USC) Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at Keck Medicine of USC ran the Los Angeles Marathon on Feb. 14, accompanied by the treatment team that saved her life.
Prior to her stroke, … Read More »
At 48 feet long —just five feet shy of a standard semi trailer — and 22 feet wide, it’s the largest mobile dental clinic in the world.
And the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC celebrated the opening of the … Read More »
Volunteers from Keck Medical Center of USC and Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center provided support for the more than 25,000 runners on Feb. 14 during the 2016 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon.
Approximately 200 volunteer physicians, nurses and assistants … Read More »
Top researchers from across the U.S. gathered in San Diego recently to commemorate a renewed commitment to understand and fight the leading fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting the aging population.
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) Partnership Meeting was held in … Read More »
University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) will honor a stellar group of USC academic and scientific leaders at its sixth gala dinner on March 18 at The Beverly Hilton. This group of vocal champions of kidney disease research includes Provost and Senior Vice President … Read More »
Lessons at the Keck School of Medicine just got more engaging. Using open-source plans from Northwestern University, a team of Keck School of Medicine faculty and staff built a user-friendly Lightboard studio to record or live-stream lectures.
A Lightboard is a … Read More »
USC has hired John David Carpten, PhD, to lead a new department and institute that will translate the molecular study of genes into individual treatment plans.
Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, praised … Read More »
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