Courtney Voelker, MD, director of neurotology in the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Keck Medicine of USC, traveled to Bolivia in 2015. It was during that trip, operating at 12,000 feet, that she witnessed … Read More »
Can exercise reduce the risk of heart disease in people with breast cancer?
That’s what Kyuwan Lee, a PhD candidate in the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, investigated as part of a study led by Christina Dieli-Conwright, PHD, MD, … Read More »
Thu Nguyen-Knowles will never forget the optimism and energy she felt the first time she stepped on USC’s campus as a candidate for executive director of clinical operations at USC Student Health.
“When I first came to USC’s campus, I got … Read More »
Doctors treat disease, fix broken bones and offer advice on exercise and diet, but USC Professor Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, thinks they can and should do more.
Overcrowded housing, food insecurity, homelessness, poverty, the lack of community-based health care services for marginalized … Read More »
When Gail Abarbanel, MSW, started working as a social worker at a hospital in Los Angeles, she discovered that there was a profound gap in services for survivors of rape and other forms of sexual assault.
In an era when rape … Read More »
USC interim President Wanda M. Austin and provost Michael Quick led a delegation of trustees and administrators to Washington, D.C., last week to advocate for a host of key national priorities that directly impact the university’s faculty, researchers and students.
Joining … Read More »
After months of hard work, dozens of students from Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School presented their original research projects at the annual Bravo-USC Science and Engineering Fair on March 4 to a panel of judges from USC, UCLA and … Read More »
Noted life scientist, teacher and academic leader Carol L. Folt will become the University of Southern California’s 12th president, the USC Board of Trustees announced March 20.
Formerly chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), Folt … Read More »
More than 300 alumni, friends, donors and students gathered for the Keck School of Medicine of USC 2019 Scholarship Gala, held March 16 at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. The Scholarship Gala honors exceptional students, faculty and alumni … Read More »
For the seventh year in a row, USC is among the top universities for U.S. Fulbright students.
Institutions with the most students accepted to the prestigious program are announced by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and highlighted … Read More »
How do our skeletons form during embryonic development? To approach this question, PhD student Dion Giovannone, research scientist Sandeep Paul, PhD, and the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Gage Crump, PhD, looked to our not-so-distant relative: the tiny, … Read More »
If you were yawning more than usual thanks to last week’s switch to daylight saving time, you weren’t alone.
It takes some people a full week to recover from feeling more sluggish than usual after rolling back the clock for daylight … Read More »
Retinoblastoma is a tumor of the retina that generally affects children under 5 years of age and accounts for approximately 4 percent of childhood cancers. If not diagnosed early, retinoblastoma may result in loss of one or both eyes and … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC has received a 4-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its January 2019 review. The ratings ranged from 1 to 5 stars, with most hospitals receiving a 3.
“We are very … Read More »
On the third Friday of every March — also known as Match Day — fourth-year medical students across the United States simultaneously experience a series of emotions that are nearly universal. First, there is nervous anticipation. At 9 a.m., excitement … Read More »
On Feb. 23, the annual wRiting, Engineering, Art, Communication, and Health (REACH) Symposium for Kids took place at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Nearly 300 hundred elementary school students visited campus to gain exposure to real-life scenarios in the … Read More »
On March 12, more than 100 female leaders gathered in the lower level café of the Norris Healthcare Consultation Center for the eighth annual Los Angeles Women in Leadership Symposium. Organized by the California Diversity Council, the theme for the … Read More »
The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC ranked No. 1 in California and No. 10 nationally in physician assistant programs in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate Schools” … Read More »
USC will recognize seven honorary degree candidates for their leadership in government, science, philanthropy, humanitarianism and the arts at the university’s 136th commencement ceremony on the University Park Campus on May 10.
The honorary degree recipients are U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, … Read More »
The Society of Graduate Surgeons has long held a Berne Professorship Lecture in honor of Clarence J. Berne, MD, — this year will be the 27th in the annual series — but after the passing of his son Thomas Berne, … Read More »