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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Taking the next step as a national thought leader in digital health innovation among university-based medical centers, the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) announced the first Digital Health Fellowship in the U.S. The inaugural 12-month fellowship will provide exposure, training and research opportunities in digital health patient education, diagnosis... Read More »
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Monday, July 25, 2016
Studies have shown that the families we grow up in, the places we work, and the friends we keep play a large role in influencing behavior. However, not much is known about how one’s outdoor environment — such as the greenery in one’s neighborhood — affects behavior. Researchers from the... Read More »
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Monday, July 25, 2016
After years of planning and two months of living on the mountain, physician assistant student Vanessa Blasic completed a feat that few people can boast: summiting Mount Everest. More impressively, the accomplishment meant that she and her father Greg Blasic had joined an even more elite group: climbing the Seven... Read More »
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Lead investigators from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are collaborating with USC and Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University to establish the Eastern Africa Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Hub — one of only seven in the world. Housed in Ethiopia, it is a research and training collaboration funded by a... Read More »
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Steven Asch, MD, MPD, professor of medicine at Stanford University, was the featured speaker on July 5 at the inaugural Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science Guest Speaker Series. Asch’s lecture, “The New Science of Implementation” examined implementation research and outcomes. “Implementation science sounds like a good idea — but... Read More »
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Local philanthropist Elaine Sarkaria, EdD, on behalf of herself and her late husband Daljit Sarkaria, MD, has designated a charitable remainder trust gift to the Humanities, Ethics, Arts, and the Law (HEAL) program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The $2 million Daljit and Elaine Sarkaria Endowment for... Read More »
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Nearly 30 investigators from across the country, with expertise in biomedical and data science, gathered at Lake Arrowhead beginning June 15 for the second annual Data Science Innovation Lab. Organized by the Big Data 2 Knowledge Training Coordination Center (BD2K TCC), based at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Protecting the elderly is an issue close to Judith Tamkin’s heart. The noted philanthropist has made it a top priority to tackle elder abuse, an increasingly important issue as America’s older adult population grows. “I want to make sure others have a chance,” Tamkin said. “When they feel helpless, I... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has named Qi-Long Ying, MD, PhD, as one of the winners of the 2016 McEwen Award for Innovation, the highest honor bestowed for stem cell research. Supported by the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, the award recognizes groundbreaking stem cell discoveries that open... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center recently hosted a satellite Cancer Moonshot Summit in conjunction with the Washington, D.C., summit hosted June 29 by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. The event was one of many held nationwide that day, as the country unites to double the rate of progress in... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
[caption id="attachment_6032" align="alignright" width="199"] Leslie P. Weiner[/caption] One of the transformative leaders of neuroscience at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has taken his last bow. Leslie Weiner, MD, retired June 30 after spending 41 years at the university, including 23 as chair of the Department of Neurology. HSC... Read More »