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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Keck Medicine of USC is working with Caltech, the University of Arizona, and Baylor College of Medicine to bring wearable fitness device data into the clinical space. Health monitoring devices such as Fitbit and Apple Watch have become common in recent years, and many of them gather key health metrics... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Cilia, microscopic hairlike structures found along the bronchi (air passages throughout the lungs), are the first line of defense against environmental pollutants, viruses and bacteria. But we know little about how they are arranged, how they move or even how they are oriented—all factors which likely impact how well they... Read More »
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Monday, July 19, 2021
A new USC study of a large and diverse group of Medicaid enrollees finds Latino patients had starkly higher odds of a positive COVID-19 test — as well as higher odds of hospitalization and death — than white patients. The study of racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 testing and... Read More »
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Monday, July 19, 2021
Cash rewards work, but not all rewards are created equal. This is according to a new study which leveraged two cash incentive tools in a low-income community. It turns out, the risk of losing a cash incentive is a particularly strong motivator even when anticipated reward amounts are equal. “We... Read More »
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Friday, July 16, 2021
USC Professor Scott E. Fraser is known for inventing new microscopes and other tools to observe living, developing embryos. But one of his lab’s most important pieces of technology filters coffee instead of light: it’s a restaurant-quality Espresso machine. “I wanted to make a place where people would come to steal coffee,” he... Read More »
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
Patients and staff will have an easier time finding their way around the Health Sciences Campus thanks to new signs now posted at certain clinical building entrances. Healthcare Centers 1 and 4, the Willametta Keck Day Healthcare Center (aka HC2) and Norris Healthcare Center (aka HC3) now bear these clear... Read More »
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
The Keck School of Medicine of USC's Department of Medical Education announced the appointment of David Diller, MD, MHPE, as assistant dean for clinical curriculum, effective July 1, 2021, and Tanisha Price-Johnson, PhD, as associate dean for student affairs, effective Aug. 1, 2021. To continue reading this story, click here.... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
In a reaffirmation of academic excellence and positive change, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges’ Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) announced that USC has been reaccredited for 10 years, the longest term possible. Accreditation is an endorsement of a university’s educational standards. It validates credits and degrees issued by the institution and allows USC students access to federal financial aid and other sources of public funding.... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Nearly 25% of pregnant women take Citalopram — a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) that works by boosting levels of the “feel good” hormone serotonin. While the antidepressant might have positive effects on the expecting mother, it has been linked to the development of craniofacial defects in infants. To continue reading... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Gilda Giron couldn’t help but tear up as she reflected on the past month: Her daughter, Abby, celebrated her second birthday and took her first steps — steps that seemed improbable not so long ago. Those milestones appear even greater given what Gilda and her husband Arnuf went through just... Read More »
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Monday, July 12, 2021
AUSC analysis of death reports for people who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody found that ICE violated its own internal medical care standards in 78% of cases that occurred primarily in relatively young and healthy men. The study, which examined 55 reports on deaths between 2011 and... Read More »