Amgen enters into master research collaboration agreement with USC

Amgen recently entered into a three-year master research collaboration with USC. The agreement consists of a set of pre-defined terms and conditions in order to facilitate and streamline early discovery and translational preclinical research collaborations. It supports Amgen and USC’s Read More »

April 12th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Mel Baron of USC School of Pharmacy promoted to full professor

Melvin F. Baron, PharmD, who has been a full-time faculty member at the USC School of Pharmacy since 1990, has been promoted from associate to full professor.

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April 11th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Smitha Ravipudi named COO of USC Care

Los Angeles area health care executive Smitha Ravipudi, MPH, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of USC Care and Ambulatory Care Services.

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Ravipudi will be responsible for all Keck Medicine of USC ambulatory operations, including hospital-based Read More »

April 7th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC, JPL to launch fungi in quest to develop space medicines

Researchers at USC and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory say they will be the first team in the world to launch fungi into space for the purpose of potentially developing new medicine for use both in space and on Earth.

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April 6th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Ideas needed for R3 Competition

The Interprofessional Finance Council and R3 Hospital Initiative are hosting an R3 Innovation Competition. This Keck Medical Center of USC competition is an opportunity for clinical staff to submit innovative ideas that will make an impact on resource utilization and efficiency Read More »

April 6th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Jung wins Outstanding Investigator Award from NCI

Distinguished Professor Jae Jung, PhD, chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and the director of the USC Institute for Emerging Pathogens and Immune Diseases at the Keck School of Medicine, is among the 2016 recipients of the Read More »

April 6th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Visit the Keck Medicine Health Pavilion at the 2016 LA Times Festival of Books

The Keck Medicine Health Pavilion at the 2016 LA Times Festival of Books offers many activities to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The festival takes place on the University Park Campus.

Saturday, April 9

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

April 6th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Visionary gift names the USC Roski Eye Institute

Longtime USC benefactors Gayle and Edward Roski have made a landmark $25 million gift to endow and name the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute at Keck Medicine of USC, reflecting the institute’s position as one of the nation’s Read More »

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

PA program travels to Washington, D.C., on advocacy trip

This spring break, students from the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC attended the fourth annual Advocacy Trip to Washington, D.C. The experience is intended to promote leadership and inspire students to advocate Read More »

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

In memoriam: USC President Emeritus Steven B. Sample

Steven Browning Sample, who served as USC’s 10th president from 1991 to 2010 —a time of remarkable transformation at the university — died March 29. He was 75.

During Sample’s 19-year tenure as president, the university ascended the national academic ranks. Read More »

April 1st, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|