Three students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC were part of a cross-campus team that won the international Emory University Global Health Case Competition, joining the elite few to have clinched first place in the event’s … Read More »
Thousands of runners hit the streets of Los Angeles in the early hours of March 19, headed from Dodger Stadium to a finish line 26.2 miles away as part of the 2017 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon. Here are some … Read More »
Members of the La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale communities gathered at the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital recently to look into the future of the medical enterprise, at the Keck Medicine of USC San Gabriel Valley Regional Reception.
The March 22 event, … Read More »
Laura Mosqueda, MD, chair and professor of family medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation for $775,000 to develop, test and evaluate a model to help … Read More »
A research team initiated by faculty in the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, called C-DOCTOR (Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration), is one step closer to developing products that facilitate tissue regeneration, thanks … Read More »
Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, recently was appointed chair of the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Siegel is a physician-scientist who specializes in the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis. Siegel previously spent … Read More »
Zea Borok, MD, professor of medicine, Ralph Edgington Chair in Medicine and chief of the division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is having a banner year already. In January, … Read More »
USC has purchased a multi-story building owned by the Doheny Eye Institute, providing additional university-owned research and treatment space at a key location on the Health Sciences Campus.
The 150,000-square-foot building at 1450 N. San Pablo St., called Healthcare … Read More »
Dozens of Keck Medicine of USC employees donned red caps and joined members of the community for the first Walk in the Park recently. The new community effort kicked off March 16 and was organized by the Hazard Park … Read More »
The Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program at USC (AYA@USC) is holding its third David Stroud Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Symposium on April 1. The event provides medical professionals, patients and their families an opportunity to learn about developments … Read More »
Jody Armour, JD, Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law, visited the Health Sciences Campus recently to discuss unconscious bias in everyday life.
The Keck School of Medicine of USC Office of Diversity … Read More »
Medical students celebrate after opening their Match Day results during a celebration March 17 on Pappas Quad. (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III)
Cheers, tears and champagne toasts rang across the Harry and Celesta Pappas … Read More »
Children with delayed visual perception as a result of serious head injuries may end up with structural changes in their brains that interrupt normal development, a new Keck School of Medicine of USC study shows.
The scientists said the finding is … Read More »
John S. Oghalai, MD, has been recruited to serve as the new chair of the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, effective Aug. 1.
He joins the Keck School of Medicine of USC from Stanford … Read More »
Glen L. Stimmel, PharmD, professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy and psychiatry and the behavioral sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is a pioneer in the field of psychiatric pharmacy.
When he isn’t lecturing … Read More »
The winners of the 2017 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards were announced recently and included Thomas Lee, MD, associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The award recognizes Lee’s work with SADA Systems, a technology company, … Read More »
Are you participating in the Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon, as a runner, volunteer, or spectator? Send us a photo from race day to hscnews@usc.edu with a short description of your participation and you might see it on the … Read More »
Zebrafish heart is seen with prominent coronary vessels marked by transgenic fluorescent reporters. (Image/Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien)
Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD, assistant professor of surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC … Read More »
Nearly 50 researchers affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research gathered Feb. 24 at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino to attend the inaugural Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research Retreat.
The … Read More »
Having a baby can change a woman’s life in one way that she is often too embarrassed to mention. Childbirth can cause urinary incontinence, which affects up to 13 million people and incurs $16.3 billion in annual treatment costs in … Read More »