Keck Medicine of USC launches clinical trial to study anti-inflammatory drug as treatment for COVID-19

Keck Medicine of USC physicians are launching a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug approved by the Food and Drug Read More »

May 6th, 2020|Announcements, Clinical Studies, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine of USC gradually resumes services for medically necessary, time-sensitive procedures

Keck Medicine of USC is gradually resuming a limited number of medically necessary, time-sensitive surgeries and outpatient procedures at Keck Medical Center of USC, USC Verdugo Hills Read More »

May 6th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Otolaryngology offers free residency education program

The USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery is dedicated to maintaining resident and fellow education as long as clinic and surgical volumes are reduced. Toward this end, the department has led an effort Read More »

May 6th, 2020|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Stem Cell scientist Min Yu awarded Era of Hope Scholar Award from the U.S. Department of Defense

Most breast cancer cells won’t kill a person. It is the rare cell that can survive the perilous journey through the bloodstream and seed the metastatic lesions responsible for the vast majority of breast cancer-related deaths. And although Read More »

May 6th, 2020|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Jing-Hsiung James Ou to serve as interim chair for molecular microbiology and immunology

Jing-Hsiung (Jim) Ou, PhD, has agreed to serve as the interim chair for molecular microbiology and immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, effective July Read More »

May 5th, 2020|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|