Keck School celebrates legacy as newest class of 50 Year Fellows are inducted

As medical students begin their fourth year, questions and stress about the future can weigh on the aspiring physicians’ minds. But when Amy Komure looked around the room at the California Club and saw the faces of dozens of Keck Read More »

June 13th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers look at immune cells’ role in Alzheimer’s disease

About 15 percent of the cells in our brains are scavengers — roving immune cells known as microglia that remove infectious agents, damaged neurons and plaques. USC Stem Cell scientist Justin Ichida, PhD, assistant professor of stem cell biology and Read More »

June 12th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

W. M. Keck Foundation names health care center with $10 million gift

The W. M. Keck Foundation is giving $10 million to support a USC Health Sciences Campus facility critical to advanced patient care, expanding upon the foundation’s longstanding and transformative support to the university.

This generous gift names the Willametta Keck Day Read More »

June 7th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Overweight children are excluded from friendships, USC study finds

Overweight children have more unreciprocated friendships and frenemies than their thinner counterparts, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study finds.

In a survey of 504 preteens in the Netherlands, researchers found that overweight children are excluded from friendships, call classmates Read More »

June 7th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School to host Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow

The Keck School of Medicine of USC will host Marta Stevanovic, a third-year student and Robert W. Woodruff Fellow at Emory University School of Medicine, who has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as one of this Read More »

June 6th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|