From the Conversation: Rushed COVID-19 research tests publishing safeguards, allows bad science to get through

It has been barely a few weeks since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. The pace at which the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread across the globe is Read More »

April 29th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Surgical residents and fellows step up again

This was not the spring the surgical residents at the Keck School of Medicine of USC expected. Instead of having plentiful opportunities to hone their craft, they have watched as elective procedures have rightly been halted in order Read More »

April 29th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

A creative option to support frontline health care workers fighting COVID-19

Families with time on their hands during the stay-at-home orders can make a small gesture that will mean a lot to Keck Medicine of USC staff treating COVID-19 patients.

Volunteers can create cards to thank Read More »

April 27th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

The team supporting all Keck Medicine staffers from behind the scenes

As social distancing and stay-at-home orders started to look more likely, the Human Resources department at Keck Medicine began preparing to transition a large percentage of the workforce to remote work. Lisa Joins, the executive administrator of Human Read More »

April 27th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Making the case for environmentally-informed occupational therapy

Earth Day was first commemorated on April 22, 1970. Five decades after that watershed moment, USC Chan faculty member Camille Dieterle, OTD, makes the case for occupational therapy’s own “consciousness raising” potential in her Read More »

April 27th, 2020|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|