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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The Keck School of Medicine of USC is one of four institutions to receive a multimillion-dollar grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for translational research projects. The $2.5 million grant will support potential osteoarthritis therapies that could significantly impact standards of care for the disease. Arthritis affects... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The Keck School of Medicine of USC was awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support projects that could prevent obesity and treat obesity-related fatty liver disease in Hispanic populations. Michael Goran, PhD, professor of preventive medicine, co-director of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute and... Read More »
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Friday, January 13, 2017
[caption id="attachment_6515" align="alignright" width="218"] Alex Weber[/caption] The Trojan family celebrated an extraordinary 2017 Rose Bowl victory on Jan. 2. As with all successful athletic achievements, it truly took a team to build a successful football season and the fabulous finish on the national stage. As the official doctors of USC... Read More »
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Friday, January 13, 2017
[caption id="attachment_6517" align="alignright" width="200"] Gregory Stevens[/caption] Gregory Stevens, PhD, associate professor of clinical family medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has joined the newly formed LA “Help Me Grow” Leadership Council. This new county-wide program has been created in partnership with First 5 and L.A. Care to... Read More »
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
[caption id="attachment_6511" align="alignright" width="300"] Lydia Hand as an infant post-transplant in 1998, with her mother, grandmother and liver transplant team. (Photo/Courtesy Children's Hospital Los Angeles)[/caption] At 7 months old, Donovan Daniels of Westminster may not understand for some time just how serious his medical condition, biliary atresia, really is. It... Read More »
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
In a continued effort to support university faculty and encourage groundbreaking research, the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Dean’s Pilot Grant Program and the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute have distributed nearly two dozen grants for the fall funding cycle. Principal investigators and their collaborators include many... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
A series of wellness initiatives recently launched across Keck Medicine of USC aim to encourage healthy living among physicians, nurses and staff. The initiatives include meditation practice, healthy eating and personal fitness tracking. They were created with the help of community partners and the Keck Wellness Committee, an interdisciplinary group... Read More »
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Friday, January 6, 2017
A study led by researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles demonstrates what lead investigator Bradley Peterson, MD, calls “a critical mass of evidence” of a common underlying lifelong vulnerability in both children and adults who stutter. They discovered that regional cerebral blood flow is reduced in the Broca’s area –... Read More »
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Friday, January 6, 2017
[caption id="attachment_6502" align="alignright" width="232"] Alfred Lopez was treated at Keck Medicine of USC in May 2016 for a rare bacterial infection that rapidly eats away muscle and flesh. (Photo/Christina Gandolfo)[/caption] After being resuscitated in a USC Verdugo Hills Hospital operating room, Alfred Lopez was transferred to Keck Medical Center of... Read More »
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
JAMA Ophthalmology, one of the journals of the American Medical Association, announced four of its top 10 most talked about articles in 2016 are published research by the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute. The four articles include National Eye Institute-funded research led by principal investigator, Rohit Varma, MD,... Read More »
USC physical therapy researchers to study use of electrical stimulation therapy for stroke survivors
Monday, January 2, 2017
Could electricity help stroke survivors regain control of their legs and return to mobility? It’s a question that assistant professor James Finley, PhD, and professor Carolee Winstein, PhD, PT, both from the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, part of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, hope... Read More »