Study: Gene protects women from heart disease

USC researchers have identified a gene variant that decreases the risk of heart disease — but only among women.

Hooman Allayee, PhD, senior author of the study and associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Read More »

February 5th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris leaders among group discussing cancer research at White House

Members of the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN), which includes USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Stephen B. Gruber, MD, PhD, MPH, met with White House senior officials in January to discuss how the group can serve Read More »

February 5th, 2016|Announcements|

2016 Scholarship Gala to honor Keck School faculty member and alumni

Alumni, current scholarship recipients, parents and other friends of the Keck School of Medicine of USC will gather to honor two very notable alumni and a beloved faculty member on March 12 at the 2016 Keck Scholarship Gala.

This year’s honorees Read More »

February 4th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center co-signs HPV vaccination statement

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined 68 of the nation’s top cancer centers in a joint statement urging parents and physicians to vaccinate young people against Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

“The HPV vaccination is a safe, effective way to prevent cancers Read More »

February 3rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC stem cell researcher Gabriel R. Linares receives Broad Fellowship

For this year’s Broad Fellow, Gabriel R. Linares, PhD, science is personal.

“I have to say the turning point that spiked my interest in science was when I was in high school and my grandfather suffered a stroke,” he said. “I Read More »

February 3rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|