Family Medicine group awarded for excellence

The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently received a Program of Excellence Award based on their commitment to engaging students interested in pursuing family medicine. One of only 10 schools to be Read More »

September 30th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers to present wearable technology at White House cancer event

Researchers at USC will demonstrate how using wearable technology and smartphones can improve cancer treatment at a White House event on Oct. 3.

“South by South Lawn: A White House Festival of Ideas, Art and Action” (SXSL) is a gathering inspired Read More »

September 30th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC trustee’s $20 million gift to support cancer research, innovations

USC Trustee Marc Benioff ’86 and his wife, Lynne, have given $20 million toward construction of the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC, a new center in Los Angeles that will combine interdisciplinary research with the holistic Read More »

September 29th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Visions and Voices event addresses compassion, communication

The USC Visions and Voices series, co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Program in Medical Humanities, Arts, and Ethics, came to the Health Sciences Campus recently to present the critically acclaimed “Two Men Talking,” a thought-provoking spoken-word Read More »

September 29th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study shows there’s hope for reversing stroke-induced long-term disability

Permanent brain damage from a stroke may be reversible thanks to a developing therapeutic technique, a new study has found.

The novel approach combines transplanted human stem cells with a special protein that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration already approved Read More »

September 29th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Functional human tissue-engineered liver generated from stem and progenitor cells

A research team led by investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has generated functional human and mouse tissue-engineered liver from adult stem and progenitor cells. Tissue-engineered Liver (TELi) was found to contain normal structural components Read More »

September 29th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Students learn the meaning of global citizenship in journeys abroad

“So…Cabo next break?” jokes a global medicine student in the elevator. His classmates laugh and roll their eyes. Last spring break they donned scrubs, not bathing suits, while taking a course in a remote area of Panama only reachable by Read More »

September 28th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

New part-time program offered for occupational therapy

The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy is launching a new online program aimed at busy practicing occupational therapists who want to enhance their clinical competencies and advance their career development.

Beginning in January, the USC Online Post-Professional Read More »

September 28th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Colleagues thank Stimmel for service as Pharmacy interim dean

Glen L. Stimmel, PharmD, who served as interim dean of the USC School of Pharmacy since June 2015, was surprised by more than 100 faculty and staff members who gathered at a breakfast reception in his honor at Read More »

September 27th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

NIH grant to fund development of virtual-reality based system for walking rehabilitation

A trip to the physical therapist could soon feel a bit more like a trip to the arcade, thanks to a new multidisciplinary study being conducted at USC.

James Finley, PhD, and Beth Fisher, PhD, MS, of the USC Division of Read More »

September 27th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Chen earns nation’s highest pharmacy honor

Steven Chen, PharmD, chair of the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, received the 2016 Pinnacle Award from the American Pharmacy Association (APhA) at a ceremony Sept. 19 at the APhA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Chen Read More »

September 26th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Medical clowns making their mark at USC

To many, the term “clowning” may not invoke more than an image of childhood birthday party entertainment. However, recent studies show that there is more to clowning than what initially meets the eye. Over the past three decades, a new Read More »

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

Keck School of Medicine names new chair of Anesthesiology

The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named Holly A. Muir, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, effective Jan. 1.

Muir specializes in obstetric anesthesia, with expertise in the effects of interventions on obstetric outcome, both Read More »

September 22nd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

$6 million NIH grant to fund study of environment’s influence on health

Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have received a two-year, $6 million National Institutes of Health grant to examine health issues related to asthma and obesity.

Part of the funding will go toward the USC Children’s Health Study, the nation’s Read More »

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

USC and Amgen launch two lecture series

Without collaboration between universities and pharmaceutical companies, scientists might never have developed essential medicines ranging from the antibiotic streptomycin in the 1950s to HIV medications in the 1990s. In recognition of the ever-increasing importance of these academia-industry partnerships, USC and Read More »

September 20th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Volunteers join effort to address homelessness

Volunteers from Keck Medicine of USC joined together to give back to the community at the Keck Advancement Service Day recently.

For the second annual service day, volunteers went to the Union Rescue Mission and Downtown Women’s Center on Aug. 31, Read More »

September 20th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Little library brings literature to community

The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) is hoping to build a relationship with children and youth in the Boyle Heights community one book at a time.

DPS and Keck Medicine of USC collaborated to bring a Little Free Library to Read More »

September 19th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School program receives national honor for health services

USC Correctional Health, a Keck School of Medicine of USC program, won the 2016 Best in Category Achievement Award for Health from the National Association of Counties (NaCo). This is the second prestigious award for the program, which was recognized last Read More »

September 19th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Experimental stem cell therapy helps paralyzed man regain use of arms and hands

On March 6, just shy of his 21st birthday, Kristopher (Kris) Boesen of Bakersfield suffered a traumatic injury to his cervical spine when his car fishtailed on a wet road, hit a tree and slammed into a telephone pole.

His parents Read More »

September 9th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

Meet the Faculty: Justin Ichida, a stem cell scientist with the spirit of aloha and rock ’n roll

As a third-generation Hawaiian, USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida, PhD, is equally comfortable with lu’aus and lead guitars as with laboratories.

Justin Ichida performs at UCLA in 1998. Justin Ichida performs at UCLA Read More »

September 9th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|