USC’s monumental commencement effort unleashes celebrations and makes history

USC senior Rajiv Sheth stepped on the stage in his cap and gown, clutched his diploma and beamed. His grandmother, Bharti Sheth, watched him during USC’s May 14 commencement ceremony from her seat at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Read More »

May 28th, 2021|Announcements, Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: Anthony Lazzaro, administrator credited with shaping the modern USC

USC Senior Vice President Emeritus Anthony D. Lazzaro, an alumnus and longtime administrator responsible for the construction of more than 130 buildings on USC’s campuses, died on May 20. He was 100.

Lazzaro’s more than 60 years of service included leadership Read More »

May 26th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Amazon indigenous group’s lifestyle may hold a key to slowing down aging

A team of international researchers has found that the Tsimane indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon experience less brain atrophy than their American and European peers. The decrease in their brain volumes with age is 70% slower than in Western Read More »

May 26th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish Cancer Wellness HUBs

The Lazarex Cancer Foundation, founded by Dana Dornsife, has provided a $200,000 grant to the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish Cancer Wellness HUBs in the greater Los Angeles area. The Cancer Wellness HUBs will be situated within the Read More »

May 25th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Pharmacy program pairs students to consult for top health care companies

Success in the ever-changing world of health care requires continually launching new products, gaining formulary status, increasing margins and expanding market share — invariably on tight deadlines. Amid this competitive bustle, promising ideas risk being shelved due to the lack Read More »

May 25th, 2021|Announcements|

Study reveals potential new treatment target in the fight against COVID-19

The swift development of vaccines has provided a vital tool to combat the spread of the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, but challenges to reaching herd immunity posed by the rise of new mutations and the inability of immunosuppressed people to develop Read More »

May 25th, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Marcella Birtele named Choi Family Postdoctoral Fellow at USC Stem Cell

In one sense, Marcella Birtele is following in her father’s footsteps: he works as an electrician in Italy, and she studies the electrophysiology of the brain as a postdoctoral fellow in Giorgia Quadrato’s lab at the Eli and Edythe Read More »

May 24th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

When Medicare chips in on hepatitis C treatment for Medicaid patients, everyone wins

Untreated hepatitis C can lead to serious and life-threatening health problems like cirrhosis and liver cancer. Direct-acting antiviral therapies introduced in recent years are highly effective, with cure rates above 95%.

But most Medicaid beneficiaries with hepatitis C don’t get these Read More »

May 21st, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Chris Allen tapped for Keck Medical Center’s chief financial officer

Chris Allen will serve as chief financial officer for Keck Medical Center of USC beginning May 31, Keck Medicine of USC leaders announced recently. Allen will be responsible for developing and directing the medical center’s overall financial planning, Keck Medicine Read More »

May 20th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Graduating senior Claire Needham learns how to combine body and mind at USC

Before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down campus, you could often find Claire Needham practicing plié, relevé and sauté in the light-filled dance studios of the USC Kaufman International Dance Center. Afterwards, she might dart off to a neurobiology or Read More »

May 20th, 2021|Announcements, Commencement|

Master’s students pitch in with COVID-19 contact tracing, vaccine surveys

The pandemic may have closed some doors to in-person opportunities for students, but it opened a big one for Merna Ghallab, who gained invaluable training as a COVID-19 contact tracing intern and team lead for Los Angeles County — all Read More »

May 19th, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

USC researchers regenerate skull tissue using stem cells and 3-D printed scaffolding in swine

Every year, surgeons perform more than 5,000 cranioplasties, or surgeries that restore cranial defects, on patients who have experienced critical size cranial defects resulting from congenital defects, head trauma or tumor removals.

Traditional materials used to correct these deficits have been Read More »

May 18th, 2021|Announcements|

A commencement two years in the making begins: Classes of 2020 and 2021 walk the Coliseum stage

Friday was a day of firsts.

It was the first time in 70 years that USC’s commencement had taken place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum — complete with a lit torch.

It was also the first time that two separate graduating Read More »

May 17th, 2021|Announcements, Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

Student-led task force promotes racial justice at the Keck School

When George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, outrage erupted across the country. Terry Zhu, a fourth-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, marched with friends and classmates in the Read More »

May 14th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine marks Nurses Week and Hospital Week 2021

Keck Medicine of USC recently joined organizations across the country in celebrating National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week. These annual events serve as an opportunity to pause and honor health care employees for the compassionate, innovative ways they support Read More »

May 13th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2021: Graduate goes from patient to physical therapy practitioner

Chris Pierson can’t pinpoint the exact moment he knew he was destined to become a physical therapist, but he knows roughly when he became interested.

At the age of 16, Pierson suffered a serious spinal cord injury while skiing. Finding himself suddenly Read More »

May 13th, 2021|Announcements, Commencement|

Commencement 2021: Dentistry grad follows the family footsteps

Even though dentistry is the family business, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC graduate Danilo Diangkinay wasn’t sold on the idea of following in his parents’ footsteps.

He watched as his parents, who run two Southern California dental practices, worked Read More »

May 13th, 2021|Announcements, Commencement|

Targeted therapies linked to improved outcomes for advanced-stage breast cancer patients

It is projected the United States will spend $245 billion on cancer care in 2030, a 35% increase over the amount spent in 2015. Innovative treatments including targeted therapies — complex, precision medicine that attack specific cancer molecules — have Read More »

May 12th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Mother’s Day tradition continues with rose deliveries for 2021

In honor of Mother’s Day, the ambulatory infusion teams distributed roses to patients who visited USC Norris Cancer Day Hospital, the Norris Healthcare Center Treatment Center and Women’s Specialty Care Clinic, as well as the Keck Medicine of USC Arcadia, Read More »

May 12th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

What parents need to know about COVID-19 vaccines and kids

The chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19 seems like the best thing to happen in a very long time. Like most parents you’re probably wondering: What about the kids?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has so far authorized three Read More »

May 12th, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|