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Friday, July 26, 2024
The Keck School of Medicine of USC community mourns the July 17 passing of Althea Alexander, MD, a long-time member of the USC faculty and the inaugural assistant dean of diversity and inclusion. Over the span of her career, Althea and her late husband Fredric’s advocacy enabled more than 800... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Data from the Keck School of Medicine of USC's Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4) study, the first and largest clinical trial of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, is now widely available to researchers studying the condition. The comprehensive dataset has already yielded key insights about Alzheimer’s disease, which affects nearly seven... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
A USC team led by scientists from the Keck School have discovered a technique for editing the genes of immune cells called B cells so they can monitor for cancer cells and HIV, then pump out specially designed antibodies to destroy them. The research, published Monday in Nature Biomedical Engineering, is... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
New evidence has emerged about the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles County, as shown by a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE. Scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC Schaeffer Center and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, found... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
In a large, nationally representative study co-led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC, nicotine pouch use was uncommon among U.S. adults, including those who had tried to quit smoking, in the midst of rising sales and concerns over teen use. Nicotine pouches, a new commercial tobacco product, contain... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
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 it easily available to all employees, patients and friends throughout... Read More »
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Monday, July 15, 2024
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 published in JAMA. Researchers say their study provides important insights about patient and... Read More »
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Monday, July 15, 2024
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 camouflaging among intersectional populations. Led by Assistant Professor Amber Angell, PhD, OTR/L, the DREAmS Lab focuses on... Read More »
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Monday, July 15, 2024
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 response relies on a small population of kidney cells in a region... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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 a need for more supportive, preventive care. Cirrhosis is a chronic, progressive end-stage... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named interim leadership for the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, distinguished professor of population and public health sciences, stepped into the role of interim chair July 1, while Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD, professor of population and public... Read More »