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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Starting this upcoming semester, students experiencing mental health crises will be able to meet with a certified licensed mental health professional from USC Student Health who is also a clinical faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. This mental... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
The Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Keck Medicine of USC's leaders and programs with several awards and nominations at its 2022 Health Care Leadership Panel & Awards virtual event in late August. Marty Sargeant, MBA, CEO of Keck Medical Center, was awarded Hospital President or CEO of the Year for... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Keck Medicine of USC is proud to share that 136 physicians associated with the health care system were included in Pasadena Magazine’s 2022 roster of “Top Doctors.” The doctors — who represent 41 different specialties — go above and beyond each day and use their unmatched expertise to dramatically improve... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
The go-to treatment for sleep apnea — a disorder that disrupts sleep and leads to serious health complications like high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack — has generally been soft palate surgery. However, it's expensive and doesn’t always work. Drugs like acetazolamide and eszopiclone have helped some patients, but... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Buprenorphine is currently the only medication approved for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) that can be prescribed in primary care settings and dispensed at retail pharmacies. However, nearly 80% of people with OUD still go without treatment, and racial disparities persist in OUD treatment and recovery. In an... Read More »
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
[caption id="attachment_12630" align="alignright" width="122"] Caryn Lerman, PhD[/caption] Cancer centers across the United States have a dramatic lack of diversity in senior leadership, according to a study conducted by the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). The findings show that seven percent of current leaders identify as Hispanic, two percent as... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Keck Medicine of USC has appointed Shannon Bradley, MBA, as the organization’s first-ever chief diversity officer. Bradley will assume the role on Sept. 19. The position involves ensuring key tenets of Keck Medicine’s diversity and inclusion strategy are fully integrated across the system and that metrics are in place to... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Keck Medicine of USC’s Center for Advanced Lung Disease has been designated as one of 74 sites included in the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Network. These sites are recognized for their efforts in diagnosing, treating and providing support to those living with pulmonary fibrosis (PF), a life-threatening lung disease... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
The USC Roski Eye Institute held an in-person summer program to introduce University of Southern California undergraduate students from underrepresented communities to careers in eye care. The event, “Eye Care for All: An Introduction to a Career in Eye Care,” garnered participation from students across the university. The program was... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Alzheimer's disease researchers have long struggled to fully establish how genetic risk leads to memory loss and cognitive decline. A new study from the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine for adding a crucial piece... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The USC Institute for Addiction Science, supported by affiliated USC schools and clinical addiction centers, is partnering with California State University, Los Angeles and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science on a new $1.3 million, five-year training grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to create an... Read More »