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Friday, September 6, 2024
On Sept. 3, the Royal Society of Canada named Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, dean of the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, a Fellow for the cohort of 2024. Fellows are elected by their peers for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievements. Of the 104... Read More »
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Friday, September 6, 2024
The National Science Foundation will fund new research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the University of California, Irvine that seeks to combine regenerative medicine and brain-computer interfaces to restore key brain functions — including movement, sight and speech — to patients who have brain damage from... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Keck Medicine of USC is proud to share that Pasadena Magazine’s 2024 roster of “Top Doctors” includes 155 physicians associated with the health system. The doctors represent 42 different specialties and have each developed unmatched expertise in their field. Every day, they go above and beyond to improve the health... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
About 1 in 5 people said they recently received a medical bill they disagreed with or couldn’t afford, including 61.5% who said they contacted a billing office to address their concern, according to survey results published Aug. 30 in JAMA Health Forum. Most who reached out said they received some form of payment... Read More »
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
USC geneticist Marlena Fejzo, PhD, has been named one of Forbes’s "50 over 50" groundbreaking women. The clinical assistant professor of population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is recognized for her breakthrough findings revealing the gene responsible for pregnancy sickness, including its extreme... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
A new study from the Interprofessional Education and Collaboration for Geriatrics (IECG) — which brings together scientists and clinicians from across USC's health sciences schools — followed USC-trained health professionals across seven disciplines, one to three years post-graduation, to determine the impact of IECG training on their practice. The findings... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
[caption id="attachment_15792" align="alignright" width="201"] Rod Hanners was recognized as Health Care Executive of the Year. (Photo/Courtesy of the Los Angeles Business Journal)[/caption] On Aug. 21, Keck Medicine of USC CEO Rod Hanners and Inderbir Gill, MD, founding executive director of USC Urology, were honored at the Los Angeles Business Journal... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
The USC Roski Eye Institute recently held its third annual "Eye Care for All" program — a daylong summer event developed to introduce USC undergraduates to careers in eye care and the importance of diversity in healthcare. Throughout the day, students attended lectures on ophthalmology, optometry, and vision science research presented... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
New Keck Medicine of USC research suggests there may be a more effective method to detect bacteria during wound debridement — a process crucial to minimizing the risk of infection, and later amputation, in chronic wound patients. Autofluorescence imaging, where a handheld device “lights up” bacteria previously invisible to the human eye,... Read More »
Keck Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital named ‘Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence’
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has designated both Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital as “Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence.” This designation recognizes institutions that have created antimicrobial stewardship programs led by infectious disease physicians and pharmacists that advance the science in antimicrobial resistance, ensuring... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
On Aug. 19, Chuck Murry, MD, PhD, began his tenure as chair of the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. On Sept. 1, William... Read More »