Directors of the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation visited the Health Sciences Campus on April 27 to hear presentations from Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and meet with participants in the Baxter Foundation Student Research Fellowship … Read More »

A USC research team identified 150 proteins affecting cell activity and brain development that contribute to mental disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar condition and depression.

It’s the first time these molecules, which are associated with the disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) protein linked to … Read More »

An international team of researchers including USC scientists has found scores of new genetic markers in DNA code that increase prostate cancer risk — powerful knowledge likely to prove useful to detect and prevent the disease.

Focusing on the DNA of … Read More »

Raffi Boghossian saw a lot of things growing up in Beirut, Lebanon, during the height of a civil war. Out of those things grew a passion for nursing and service to others.

“I grew up in a war-torn country and all … Read More »

“Put yourself first.”

Ghecemy Lopez, MEd, speaks with experience from multiple perspectives when she gives that advice to cancer patients. Lopez is a cancer information resource and navigation specialist at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a two-time cancer survivor, … Read More »