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    Expanding access to anti-obesity medications delivers 13% return for society
    Monday, March 31, 2025
    A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds expanded access to anti-obesity medications would lead to significant increases in life expectancy and disease-free years while generating a substantial societal return on investment, even after accounting for treatment costs. More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, which is linked to increased... Read More »
    Nasdaq’s opening bell rings for USC-licensed biotech startup
    Tuesday, March 25, 2025
    The first USC-licensed startup — a biotech company that has developed an intranasal drug delivery system for brain tumors — is now listed on Nasdaq. To celebrate the direct listing, the USC Stevens Center for Innovation and the startup, NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc., rang the opening bell at 9:30 a.m.... Read More »
    Keck Medicine of USC expands acute rehabilitation services
    Tuesday, March 25, 2025
    Keck Medicine of USC has integrated Keck Hospital of USC’s acute rehabilitation unit, a nationally recognized and highly ranked program by U.S. News & World Report, into its inpatient rehabilitation unit at USC Arcadia Hospital (USC-AH). The USC-AH unit is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, an... Read More »
    Match Day reveals postgraduate paths for medical students
    Monday, March 24, 2025
    On March 21 this year, fourth-year medical students from across North America took part in a significant milestone known as Match Day. At 9 a.m. PDT on the dot, each student tore open an envelope containing the name of the program that will be their home for residency training. Prior... Read More »
    Papadopoulos receives 2025 American Pharmacists Association Outstanding Dean Award
    Monday, March 24, 2025
    Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, dean of the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, received the 2025 Outstanding Dean Award at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville on Friday, March 21. The national award, presented since 2004, recognizes one dean out of the 142 U.S. pharmacy schools... Read More »
    Blood pressure patterns during pregnancy predict later hypertension risk
    Tuesday, March 18, 2025
    Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered slightly elevated but clinically normal during pregnancy, with no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure, face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five years after giving birth. These women—about 12% of the population studied—would not be flagged as high-risk by... Read More »
    USC Arcadia Hospital celebrates workforce integration
    Monday, March 17, 2025
    The full value of a merger can only be realized if effort is made to build and leverage organizational synergies beyond the transactional deal. Integrating an entire hospital full of new departments, facilities and thousands of employees into a health system is no easy feat. But over the last two... Read More »
    For Adam Leventhal, PhD, addiction science is a personal mission
    Wednesday, March 12, 2025
    Adam Leventhal, PhD, a University Professor with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, witnessed the effects of addiction up close in high school, then later, within his family. Now a leading expert on addiction, he's the executive founding director of the USC Institute for Addiction Science, a massive interdisciplinary... Read More »