Rohit Varma installed as dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC

Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, the noted physician and scientist recognized across the globe as a visionary leader in the epidemiology of eye diseases, has been formally installed as dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Read More »

January 25th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School receives its highest NIH funding ranking to date

The Keck School of Medicine of USC recently received the school’s highest ranking in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding since the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research began its annual ranking of medical schools in 2006. The rankings Read More »

January 24th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Instagram documents rising hookah use in social settings

Social media is giving researchers insight into the rising use of hookah, according to a study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Hookah, smoked through a water pipe and also known as shisha, has harmful health effects similar to Read More »

January 24th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: John Davis, founder of Med-COR program

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John Albert Davis, PhD, former assistant clinical professor of medical education at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died on Jan. 13. He was 82.

Davis left a lasting Read More »

January 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study: Children with asthma are more likely to become obese

New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that children with asthma are 51 percent more likely to become obese over the next decade compared to kids who did not have respiratory condition.

The study, published on Jan. Read More »

January 20th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|