Francesca Mariani, PhD, has been selected for the 2023 Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching.
The director of the Mariani Lab at USC Stem Cell also serves as the faculty director of USC’s master’s program … Read More »
Tammy Capretta, RN, MPH, chief transformation and risk officer for Keck Medicine of USC, has been named the 2023 Los Angeles Woman of Impact by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Each year, nominees begin their … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC’s multidisciplinary Class of 2023 will end a milestone phase of their careers on May 12 and 13 at their respective commencements. Each school will host nationally renowned leaders in their field who will … Read More »
On Friday, April 14, over 150 members of the Keck Medicine of USC community gathered on the Health Sciences Campus to attend Keck Medical Center’s first-annual quality symposium.
The theme of the symposium was “Embrace, Engage, Empower,” and the event was … Read More »
A new white paper from the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics has found that Medicare coverage for new classes of weight loss drugs would result in $1 trillion saved by Medicare and … Read More »
The Los Angeles Business Journal has announced five Keck Medicine of USC administrators and clinicians as honorees in its “2023 Women of Influence: Health Care” special section.
The 2023 honorees include:
Erna Imperatore Blanche, PhD, has been selected as the keynote speaker at the USC Chan Division’s 2023 commencement ceremony. She earned her PhD from the division and has served there as a professor of … Read More »
Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, a clinical professor of population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has conducted research in southern Africa since 2009 with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases.
His current … Read More »
A new study lead by a team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that younger brain age — a neuroimaging-based assessment of brain health — is associated with better post-stroke outcomes. The findings could … Read More »
On April 7, the USC Transplant Institute hosted a flag-raising ceremony to mark National Donate Life Month — a celebration of eye, organ and tissue donors, recipients and physicians.
The ceremony also served as a call for further participation in organ … Read More »
Updated masking guidelines for Keck Medicine of USC employees and providers will go into effect on Monday, April 10.
The guidelines proceed recently updated COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements at Keck Medical Center of USC, as well as a March … Read More »
USC President Carol L. Folt and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles President and Chief Executive Officer Paul S. Viviano announced on Monday a new, $40 million partnership in biomedical research and innovation initiatives to improve health care.
The gift marks the final … Read More »
This March the USC Surgical Skills and Education Center welcomed fifth- and sixth-grade students from Emma W. Shuey Elementary School in Rosemead.
At one learning station, students practiced moving small objects using laparoscopic surgical tools. At another, kids took ultrasounds of … Read More »
Each year, graduating students of the Keck School of Medicine of USC vote for an educator to receive the Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award for Basic Science Years. This year Joe Hacia, PhD, was selected for … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with Auransa Inc., is about to begin a phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a new medical treatment for cancers of the liver. In pre-clinical trials, … Read More »