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Thursday, September 22, 2016
To many, the term “clowning” may not invoke more than an image of childhood birthday party entertainment. However, recent studies show that there is more to clowning than what initially meets the eye. Over the past three decades, a new form of drama therapy called Medical Clowning has risen in... Read More »
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named Holly A. Muir, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, effective Jan. 1. Muir specializes in obstetric anesthesia, with expertise in the effects of interventions on obstetric outcome, both maternal and neonatal. She has published extensively on the... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have received a two-year, $6 million National Institutes of Health grant to examine health issues related to asthma and obesity. Part of the funding will go toward the USC Children’s Health Study, the nation’s longest study on air pollution and kids’ health. The... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Without collaboration between universities and pharmaceutical companies, scientists might never have developed essential medicines ranging from the antibiotic streptomycin in the 1950s to HIV medications in the 1990s. In recognition of the ever-increasing importance of these academia-industry partnerships, USC and Amgen are jointly offering two new opportunities: a 10-week biotechnology... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Volunteers from Keck Medicine of USC joined together to give back to the community at the Keck Advancement Service Day recently. For the second annual service day, volunteers went to the Union Rescue Mission and Downtown Women's Center on Aug. 31, as part of a larger university effort to work... Read More »
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Monday, September 19, 2016
The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) is hoping to build a relationship with children and youth in the Boyle Heights community one book at a time. DPS and Keck Medicine of USC collaborated to bring a Little Free Library to Hazard Park Recreation Center, which sits across the street... Read More »
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Monday, September 19, 2016
USC Correctional Health, a Keck School of Medicine of USC program, won the 2016 Best in Category Achievement Award for Health from the National Association of Counties (NaCo). This is the second prestigious award for the program, which was recognized last year with a Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Award.... Read More »
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Friday, September 9, 2016
On March 6, just shy of his 21st birthday, Kristopher (Kris) Boesen of Bakersfield suffered a traumatic injury to his cervical spine when his car fishtailed on a wet road, hit a tree and slammed into a telephone pole. His parents were warned there was a good chance their son... Read More »
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Friday, September 9, 2016
As a third-generation Hawaiian, USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida, PhD, is equally comfortable with lu’aus and lead guitars as with laboratories. [caption id="attachment_6208" align="alignright" width="300"] Justin Ichida performs at UCLA in 1998. (Photo/Courtesy Justin Ichida)[/caption] As an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at USC, he... Read More »
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Flu vaccines will be available to all faculty, nurses and Keck Medicine of USC staff starting Sept. 12 at Employee Health Services Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the Evaluation & Treatment Clinic, Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7:45 a.m., weekends and holidays. Preservative-free and... Read More »
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
A new fellowship will allow physicians to study innovative methods to care for high-cost, high-need patients, as the Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and CareMore Health System announced a collaboration to train the next generation of leaders in health care delivery... Read More »