Student reaches highest goal in climbing Mt. Everest

After years of planning and two months of living on the mountain, physician assistant student Vanessa Blasic completed a feat that few people can boast: summiting Mount Everest. More impressively, the accomplishment meant that she and her father Greg Blasic Read More »

July 25th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC training launches a new era of air pollution health research in Eastern Africa

Lead investigators from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are collaborating with USC and Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University to establish the Eastern Africa Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Hub — one of only seven in the world. Housed in Ethiopia, Read More »

July 22nd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science begins guest speaker series

Steven Asch, MD, MPD, professor of medicine at Stanford University, was the featured speaker on July 5 at the inaugural Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science Guest Speaker Series.

Asch’s lecture, “The New Science of Implementation” examined implementation research and outcomes.

“Implementation Read More »

July 22nd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Endowment to fund cultural enrichment programs at Keck School

Local philanthropist Elaine Sarkaria, EdD, on behalf of herself and her late husband Daljit Sarkaria, MD, has designated a charitable remainder trust gift to the Humanities, Ethics, Arts, and the Law (HEAL) program at the Keck School of Medicine of Read More »

July 21st, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers innovate during annual Big Data workshop

Nearly 30 investigators from across the country, with expertise in biomedical and data science, gathered at Lake Arrowhead beginning June 15 for the second annual Data Science Innovation Lab. Organized by the Big Data 2 Knowledge Training Coordination Center (BD2K Read More »

July 21st, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|