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|