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Friday, June 21, 2013
Don Harper Mills, a longtime clinical professor of pathology and psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died May 21. He was 85. [caption id="attachment_393" align="alignright" width="94"] Don Harper Mills[/caption] Mills, who taught at the Keck School and was a past president of Salerni Collegium, was also a... Read More »
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of breast, prostate and colon cancers combined because most patients are diagnosed after the cancer has already become advanced. The Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Program at the Keck Medical Center of USC is fighting to change that, which is why it is... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
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Friday, June 7, 2013
[caption id="attachment_380" align="alignright" width="144"] Steven Mittelman[/caption] Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has appointed Steven Mittelman as director of the new Diabetes and Obesity Program at The Saban Research Institute. Mittleman also serves as assistant professor of pediatrics, physiology and biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The Diabetes and... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
By Hope Hamashige [caption id="attachment_376" align="alignright" width="216"] Pam Corley accepts her award from James Gordon.Photo/Gradimages[/caption] After devoting more than 30 years to USC, Pamela Corley retired in 2013 from her post at the Norris Medical Library. For her contribution, the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy honored her with the... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
As part of her class “Disaster, Conflict and Global Health,” USC Institute For Prevention Research lecturer Kathleen West took her Keck School of Medicine Master of Public Health students on an unusual field trip on April 17. [caption id="attachment_373" align="alignright" width="432"] Former Marine Michael King (pictured in blue shirt) led... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
[caption id="attachment_370" align="alignright" width="213"] Mary Nichols (left), chair of the California Air Resources Board, presents the board's Haagen Smit Award to Andrea M. Hricko, professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.Photo/Jon Nalick[/caption] Officials for the California Air Resources Board awarded presented the board's Haagen Smit... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
By Leslie Ridgeway Some are the first in their families to graduate from college or earn an advanced degree. Some are parents bringing their small children along while they conduct research, or fitting in classes while working full-time. They come from varied backgrounds with one common purpose — to help... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship recently named seven USC students to its 2013-14 class of Los Angeles Schweitzer Fellows. (more…)... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Discovering that mouse hair has a circadian clock — a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair — researchers suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day. The study, which appeared May 20... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
By Josh Grossberg The frequency of childhood infections is a determinant of adult height, according to a new study recently conducted by a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC led by Wendy Cozen, professor of preventive medicine and pathology, and conducted by Amie Hwang, post-doctoral... Read More »