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Friday, November 25, 2016
Five USC scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their academic peers. AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, began the AAAS Fellows tradition in 1874. The nonprofit organization was... Read More »
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Friday, November 25, 2016
A retrospective analysis of data from the CALGB/SWOG 80405 clinical trial revealed that in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, the location of the primary tumor predicts the patient’s response to various treatment strategies for the disease. Patients with left-sided primary tumors responded significantly better to cetuximab, which had an average... Read More »
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Tom Jackiewicz, MPH, senior vice president and CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, and Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute, participated in a panel discussion during the Milken Institute’s California Summit, held... Read More »
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Keck Medicine of USC held a Veterans Day Breakfast to honor employees who served in the armed forces. Veterans Day is a public holiday marked on Nov. 11 annually, in honor of U.S. veterans.... Read More »
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
A physician renowned for delivering compassionate, skilled care to the homeless living on the streets of Boston spoke about his work and the role of health care for the underprivileged during a recent discussion at McKibbon Lecture Hall on the Health Sciences Campus. James O’Connell, MD, spoke to Keck School... Read More »
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
A team of students from the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC made a major comeback to defeat four other California physician assistant student teams at the annual California Academy of Physician Assistant (CAPA) Challenge Bowl. Physician assistant (PA) program students Andrew Luna,... Read More »
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Monday, November 21, 2016
Ten minutes a day. That’s the mantra for Andy Puddicombe and the nearly 10 million users of Headspace, the digital meditation platform he co-founded in 2010 with Rich Pierson. Headspace offers users guided meditation resources online. Many sessions are in 10-minute intervals. With an engaging and easy-to-use interface, the platform... Read More »
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Monday, November 21, 2016
The Keck School of Medicine of USC is in the midst of a self-evaluation process in preparation for an accreditation site visit next year from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), which accredits medical schools in the United States and Canada. The Keck School received the maximum eight-year accreditation... Read More »
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Monday, November 21, 2016
[caption id="attachment_6386" align="alignright" width="300"] Rod Hanners speaks at Keck Medicine of USC's first annual meeting and health care conference, held Nov. 4 on the Health Sciences Campus.[/caption] Alumni, residents, parents and friends of Keck Medicine of USC attended the first Annual Meeting and Health Care Conference recently, learning details of... Read More »
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Friday, November 18, 2016
The USC Stevens Hall for Neuroimaging, a modern, sleek, glass-enclosed building on the southern edge of USC’s Health Sciences Campus, opened its doors with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Nov. 17. USC Stevens Hall will be home to the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute. Immediately prior to... Read More »
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Monday, November 14, 2016
Vassilios Papadopoulos — researcher, scientist, innovator and leader — was installed as dean of the USC School of Pharmacy and recipient of the John Stauffer Dean’s Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences at USC on Nov. 1, marking a new milestone in the school’s 111-year history. [caption id="attachment_6375" align="alignright" width="300"] USC President... Read More »