Higher education administrator, engineer Charles Zukoski named USC provost

USC President Carol L. Folt announced the selection of Charles F. Zukoski as the university’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, effective Oct. 1. He will hold the Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Provost’s Chair.

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August 27th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Street Medicine team brings the hospital to the homeless

Nurse Gabrielle Johnson grabs a backpack bursting with medical supplies from the backseat of her Chevy Colorado and jogs across under a freeway overpass in Boyle Heights to see her first patient. Brett Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C, a Read More »

August 27th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Can the circadian clock in cancer cells help defeat a deadly brain cancer?

Scientists at USC and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have discovered a potential novel target for treating glioblastoma, the deadly brain cancer that took the life of U.S. Sen. John McCain and kills 15,000 Americans a year.

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August 27th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine of USC named official orthopaedic medical partner of Los Angeles Kings hockey team

Keck Medicine of USC is proud to be named the official orthopaedic medical partner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. Esteemed physicians from the USC Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine at Keck Medicine will treat Read More »

August 27th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

Augmented reality glasses may help people with low vision better navigate their environment

Nearly one in 30 Americans over the age of 40 experience low vision — significant visual impairment that can’t be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, medication or surgery.

In a new study of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative Read More »

August 26th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|