Keck Hospital of USC is one of 832 hospitals nationwide to receive an “A” grade from the Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog, during the Fall 2017 release of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
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“The process of disease is about detail,” said Larry Goldstein, PhD, the director of the stem cell program at the University of California, San Diego, and keynote speaker at the retreat for the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department … Read More »
During his career as a developmental biologist, Hearst Fellow Peter Fabian, PhD, has studied many kinds of fish — from bichir and sturgeon, to gar and medaka. However, his favorite is the zebrafish, the current focus of his postdoctoral training … Read More »
The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has received $19 million to help create a classification system for cells in the mouse brain. Led by Hong-Wei Dong, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology, the team will … Read More »
To honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center patients and physicians joined Keck Medicine of USC leadership to be recognized during the Oct. 7 football game against Oregon State, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Tom Jackiewicz, MPH, senior vice president … Read More »
With flu season here, the Keck Medicine of USC community is being reminded that physicians, nurses and staff members are required to have their flu vaccines by Nov. 1.
An annual flu vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu and an important step toward … Read More »
Vaughn A. Starnes, MD, chair and Distinguished Professor of Surgery, has appointed Kenji Inaba, MD, associate professor of surgery (clinical scholar) and director of the general surgery program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, to the role of … Read More »
USC Stem Cell principal investigator Qi-Long Ying, PhD, and his team have introduced a new transgenic animal — the conditional and inducible gene knockout rat. Created using embryonic stem cell-based technology, these rats allow researchers to control both where and … Read More »
Laura Mosqueda, MD, chair and professor of family medicine (clinical scholar) and associate dean of primary care, was announced as the interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC in an Oct. 6 email from Provost Michael Quick, … Read More »
As the chief health information officer for Keck Medicine of USC, Timothy James (TJ) Malseed oversees information management, technology and cybersecurity across the medical enterprise. He is drawn to the fast-paced, ever-evolving nature of the health care field.
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In the middle of the Surgical Skills Simulation and Education Center, students are trying to walk along a line of tape while wearing “beer goggles” designed to simulate the perception shifts caused by alcohol. Others practice CPR chest compressions while … Read More »
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital is doing its part to help fight the most common cancer among women in the United States.
The USC-VHH Breast Healthcare Center is offering $99 mammograms during the month of … Read More »
USC School of Pharmacy doctoral student Johannes (Jan) Van Dijk has earned the 2017-2018 Charles and Charlotte Krown Fellowship for his work on genetic engineering of fungal biosynthesis. Originally from the Netherlands by way of Australia, Van Dijk serves as … Read More »
Twice as many women as men develop Alzheimer’s disease, but even after years of research, aging experts are unsure why. Judy Pa, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will lead a new big data study … Read More »
The university is implementing a series of measures that aims to strengthen and improve working and teaching environments, USC leaders announced in an Oct. 10 memo to Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and staff.
The measures, which include creating … Read More »
The microbiome — microbes that comprise an ecosystem, either internal or external to a biological host — was the topic of the 2017 Massry Prize Lecture, delivered Oct. 5 on the Health Sciences Campus by the winners of this year’s … Read More »
Employees and visitors to the Health Sciences Campus are advised of new and ongoing construction detours and closures.
The Trojan Way driveway — the entrance road to the South San Pablo Parking Structure off of San Pablo Street — will be … Read More »
Picture a pair of tiny violin bows, each no longer than a thumbnail clipping, lodged horizontally in your windpipe. Halfway between the chin and collarbone, they dance and vibrate at your command. For higher pitches, they stretch thin. For lower … Read More »
Individually, the Science, Technology and Research (STAR) and Engineering for Health Academy (EHA) programs have long opened pathways for high school students — particularly underrepresented minorities — to pursue careers in life sciences, biomedical engineering and biotechnology.
Now, Daryl Davies, … Read More »
Biomedical researchers have increasingly prioritized large-scale health studies of minority populations in recent years, but datasets often remain limited and inconclusive. While Latinos account for nearly one-fifth of the U.S. population, a recent review estimated that only 3 percent of … Read More »