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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
On May 2, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital welcomed 46 students from Glendale Community College for its first Healthcare Day of Discovery dedicated to college students. The event started with career panels and question-and-answer sessions led by professionals from a wide range of health care fields. In the afternoon, a circuit... Read More »
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Monday, May 5, 2025
Alfred E. Mann Charities has gifted $10 million to Keck Medicine of USC and the Keck School of Medicine of USC to serve as an anchor gift for the state-of-the-art USC Cardiac and Vascular Pavilion within the USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute at Keck Hospital of USC. The money will... Read More »
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Friday, May 2, 2025
Thirty undergraduates gathered to share their research at the first year-end symposium for USC CIRM COMPASS, a comprehensive two-year program designed to prepare juniors and seniors for careers in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. The program is supported by a $2.9 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM),... Read More »
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Friday, May 2, 2025
This year, philanthropic giving supported scholarships for nine students in USC’s master of science (MS) program in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Launched in 2014 as one of the only programs of its kind in the United States, the MS program has graduated more than 300 alumni who have entered... Read More »
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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Keck Hospital of USC has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns a letter grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 performance measures reflecting the systems hospitals have in place to prevent... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Ike Mmeje, MHSA, CEO and president of USC Arcadia Hospital (USC-AH), hosted a town hall for employees on April 17, highlighting the hospital’s priorities and successes. Mmeje opened the town hall with an anecdote about a patient, pregnant with twins, who was scheduled for a C-section due to placenta previa,... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2025
Swati Shah, director and founder of Ascend Rehab Services, a pediatric-focused rehabilitation company, will be the keynote speaker at the USC Chan Division’s 2025 Commencement ceremony. Ascend Rehab Services employs more than 200 occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists and physical therapists who together treat more than 6,000 children and their families annually.... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2025
On April 9-10, nearly 200 faculty, staff, students and trainees from USC Stem Cell gathered for their annual retreat, where Chuck Murry, MD, PhD, head of the department, outlined his big-picture plans for the department's expansion, strengthening interdisciplinary and clinical collaborations across USC and the LA Basin and accelerating translational... Read More »
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named Jasmine Abrams, PhD, of Yale University, to speak at the commencements for its doctoral and masters programs, the MD program and the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences on May 17. Abrams is an internationally recognized behavioral research scientist whose... Read More »
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
In the United States, three in 10 people report having difficulty accessing primary care. A shortfall of more than 13,000 U.S. primary care clinicians today is expected to worsen in years ahead, with the Association of American Medical Colleges predicting it could grow to as much as 4o,400 by 2036.... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
As part of a program commemorating National Donate Life Month, the USC Transplant Institute hosted a flag-raising ceremony on Friday, April 4, in front of Keck Hospital of USC. The event aimed to recognize and celebrate eye, organ and tissue donors; recipients; and the physicians who make these donations possible.... Read More »