Caryn Lerman, PhD, was elected by her peers to serve on the board of directors of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) for a three-year term that will begin during the 2019 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, Oct. 20-22, in Washington, … Read More »
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation is supporting researchers exploring the causes of pediatric blindness and intellectual disability research by granting $100,000 awards to two assistant professors at the Keck School of Medicine of USC: … Read More »
Meet Noam Morningstar-Kywi, a third-year PharmD student who has leveraged 10 years of experience as a veterinary technician to excel in pharmacy school. The Ojai, California, native talks about his research, his experience teaching international pharmacy students and where he … Read More »
Kevin Barney first learned he had hypertension a few years ago and although his blood pressure was only slightly elevated, it was a nagging concern. He took two medications to keep his blood pressure under control, but it bothered him … Read More »
The American Heart Association (AHA) has recognized Keck Hospital of USC for its commitment to quality heart failure care by bestowing upon the organization its 2019 Get With The Guidelines – Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
The award recognizes … Read More »
On Sept. 10, leaders from the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy joined their counterparts at Peking University Health Sciences Center (PUHSC) to welcome the first class of students enrolled in the universities’ new dual-degree program in … Read More »
The Health Sciences Campus community recently presented some of its best and brightest faculty members as part of the array of events celebrating the inauguration of the university’s 12th president. Carol L. Folt, PhD, took the helm at USC in … Read More »
The Keck Medicine of USC bariatric surgery program received two exemplary ratings in the most recent Semiannual Report from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) of the American College of Surgeons. The ratings specifically were … Read More »
USC scientists have surmounted a big roadblock in regenerative medicine that has so far constrained the ability to use repurposed cells to treat diseases.
The researchers figured out how to reprogram cells to switch their identity much more reliably than present … Read More »
Pamela Walls had been evicted from her rent-controlled apartment after the building was sold. The single mother of a teenage son tried to find a new place, something she found impossible because of rising rent costs.
“I never thought that would … Read More »
Leaders from Keck Medicine of USC and the Keck School of Medicine of USC shared an update recently on the construction projects that affect the Health Sciences Campus. The memo was sent by Rod Hanners, COO of Keck Medicine of … Read More »
E-cigarette use among young adults in the U.S. jumped 46.2% between 2017 and 2018, suggesting that the vaping industry is making inroads among 18- to 24-year-olds as it has among teens.
Co-led by scientists at USC, the research provides one of … Read More »
On a sunny, late summer afternoon, Caryn Lerman, PhD, took the stage on the Broad Lawn with a new job: director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“I feel privileged to be here as the director of USC Norris, one … Read More »
On Sept. 7, sports medicine physicians and staff from USC Orthopaedic Surgery participated in the Los Angeles Kings 5K/10K event in Redondo Beach to promote the new sports medicine walk-in patient care location inside the Toyota Sports Performance Center. The … Read More »
The USC School of Pharmacy was awarded four USC Good Neighbors Grants for 2019–20, helping fund a range of innovative community programs. More than 900 local efforts have been supported through Good Neighbors over the past 25 years thanks to donations … Read More »
Against a backdrop of disappointing Alzheimer’s disease clinical trial outcomes, two researchers are proposing a new approach for future study of the disease.
Caleb Finch, PhD, of the USC Leonard Davis School of … Read More »
A USC scientist and colleagues have identified a new species of giant flying reptile that once soared over what is now North America.
The creature is similar to the largest pterosaurs known, yet key characteristics gleaned from a cache of bones … Read More »
Department of Surgery Vice Chair Kenji Inaba, MD, professor of surgery (clinical scholar) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named chief of the division of trauma, emergency surgery and surgical critical care at Keck Medicine … Read More »
A tiny bluish region deep in the brainstem has outsized impacts on how we learn and make memories in old age, according to a new study in Nature Human Behavior led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, … Read More »
USC’s Good Neighbors Campaign continued its tradition of local support by awarding $1.4 million to community partners and educational partnership groups.
“You are all making a difference,” said Carolina Castillo, campaign director for the Good Neighbors Campaign, to a room of … Read More »