U.S. News & World Report releases 2024-2025 Best Hospitals rankings

On July 16, Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, released an announcement regarding Keck Medicine of USC’s high rankings from this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals issue. The memo has been reprinted here to make Read More »

July 16th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Study: Americans find hospital-at-home care appealing and safe

Hospital-level care provided in a patient’s own home is appealing to a majority of people for its convenience, comfort and effectiveness, and the possibility of faster recovery as a result, according to a USC Schaeffer Center study Read More »

July 15th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Belonging and camouflaging while Black, female and autistic

A new conceptual article published in Autism in Adulthood by a team of USC researchers and students from the Disparity Reduction and Equity in Autism Services (DREAmS) Lab explores how occupational science might reconcile authentic belonging and autistic Read More »

July 15th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

To regenerate the kidney, please don’t pass the salt

A loss of salt and body fluid can stimulate kidney regeneration and repair in mice, according to a NIH-funded study led by USC Stem Cell scientist Janos Peti-Peterdi and published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

This innate regenerative Read More »

July 15th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Cirrhosis affects twice as many transgender adults as cisgender adults

A new study from Keck Medicine of USC, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, finds that transgender adults have double the prevalence of cirrhosis compared to cisgender adults (people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth), suggesting Read More »

July 10th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|