Department of Medicine faculty grow support through K-awards

Finding ways to support early career physician-scientists has been an ongoing priority for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. One of the strongest avenues to encourage research among the faculty is through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career Read More »

August 11th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

High school student gets early start with stem cell science

Even though Richard Lopez is still in high school, he can already tell you a thing or two about the ureteric bud, the metanephric mesenchyme and the developing kidney. More impressively, he was familiar with these terms before starting his Read More »

August 11th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital thrives with new leadership, enterprise support

Four years ago, Keck Medicine of USC welcomed USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH), a long-standing fixture in the Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge community, to the medical enterprise. In December 2015, the hospital recruited Keith Hobbs, who held multiple leadership Read More »

August 11th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Five questions with Annette Sy

Annette Sy, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer, Keck Medical Center of USC, began her career at a small community hospital in rural Illinois, back when nurses wore white uniforms and glass IV bottles stood next to patient beds.

“I’ve seen a Read More »

August 11th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Hastings Foundation board of directors meet

The Hasting Foundation’s board of directors recently met on the Health Sciences Campus, joined by Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC; Thomas Buchanan, MD, vice dean for research at the Keck School; and Read More »

August 11th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Chief quality and patient safety officer appointed

Santhi Iyer Kumar, MD, an experienced pulmonologist dedicated to improving patient outcomes, has been appointed chief quality and patient safety officer of Keck Medical Center of USC.

Reporting to Chief Medical Officer Stephanie Hall, MD, Kumar will work in close partnership Read More »

August 11th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Stem Cell discovery refreshes the heart

Some people are better than others at recovering from a wounded heart, according to a new USC Stem Cell study published Aug. 7 in Nature Genetics.

In the study, first author Michaela Patterson, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar – fellowship trainee at the Read More »

August 10th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

U.S. News & World Report names Keck Medicine of USC hospitals among nation’s best

For the ninth consecutive year, the hospitals of Keck Medicine of USC have been named among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report, a distinction only 3 percent of the analyzed hospitals receive. The magazine’s annual Read More »

August 8th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Incoming medical students don white coats for the first time

One of medicine’s hallowed traditions was celebrated on a warm August afternoon at the Health Sciences Campus, as the Keck School of Medicine of USC incoming class of medical students donned their white coats for the first time.

“Your white coat Read More »

August 7th, 2017|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

County public health director speaks on campus

Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, joined members of the Health Sciences Campus community for the USC Women in Management Luncheon on July 28 at the Norris Medical Library.

Ferrer, who was Read More »

August 5th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study: New map may lead to drug development for complex brain disorders

Just as parents are not the root of all their children’s problems, a single gene mutation can’t be blamed for complex brain disorders like autism, according to a Keck School of Medicine of USC neuroscientist.

To help researchers see the big Read More »

August 1st, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Social media trends give insight into public health concerns

A Leonardo DiCaprio remark at the Academy Awards on climate change goes viral. An emotionally charged drama about teen suicide becomes one of the year’s most talked-about shows on social media. And a popular app has people scouring for critters Read More »

August 1st, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|