As a Los Angeles Unified School District biotechnology instructor at Roosevelt High School, Rekha Prakash works two short miles from USC’s Health Sciences Campus, where she earned her master of science degree … Read More »
USC Stem Cell scientist Albert Almada once had ambitions of becoming a catcher in a professional baseball league — until he was sidelined by a rotator cuff injury in his shoulder.
“Life painfully … Read More »
As COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue to expand across the country, Keck Medicine of USC is following guidance from the CDC and the state and county departments of public health, as well as caring for its employees — and the employees’ … Read More »
Pharmacist, business owner and civic leader Walter Cathey, PharmD, who led the USC School of Pharmacy’s diversity initiative for nearly a decade, died Dec. 25. He was 83.
Throughout his career, he owned and operated pharmacies, held executive marketing positions with … Read More »
Although USC scientist Jianfu (Jeff) Chen now studies human neurological disorders, he was originally more interested in organisms without brains, such as rice and wheat.
“When I was about to go to college in China, there was big emphasis on the biology … Read More »
Scientist Amy Ryan has never lived according to a fixed plan. Instead, she has followed where life has led her — to a position as an assistant professor of medicine and stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck … Read More »
A brain region responsible for processing visual observations of others’ movements then mapping those movements upon one’s own body schema is significantly less activated in children with autism spectrum disorder, compared to typically-developing children and to children with another developmental … Read More »