Massry Prize honors microbiome research pioneers

Three pioneers in the study of microbiomes will share the 2017 Meira and Shaul G. Massry Prize and deliver a lecture on the Health Sciences Campus in October, officials announced recently. The three scientists were chosen in recognition of their Read More »

September 22nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Anesthesiology department kicks off partnership with Russian university

Holly Muir, MD, chair and professor of anesthesiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named co-chair of the Vladimir Zelman Department of Anesthesiology of the Novosibirsk State University (NSU) Institute of Medicine and Psychology in Russia, Read More »

September 22nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Employees serve community members at Dolores Mission

Faculty and staff from across Keck Medicine of USC are coming together to provide healthy meals to our local community.

Each month, more than 20 staff members, physicians and leaders from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Keck Medicine Read More »

September 22nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC students lead public health camp in Uganda

An interdisciplinary team of pharmacy and public health students traveled to northern Uganda in August to lead a public health camp for more than 1,000 youth.

Nonprofit organization Ray United FC organizes the annual camp to promote healthy kids and communities Read More »

September 22nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Can stem cells be tricked? Two scientists investigate

Riddle me this: how do you get stem cells to thrive outside of their natural environment?

According to Keyue Shen, PhD, if all else fails, you can always trick them — with artificially engineered neighbor cells.

Shen, an assistant professor of biomedical Read More »

September 22nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|