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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
“It was absolute luck.” Jode Lebeda said he was in the right place at the right time when he collapsed during the ASICS Los Angeles Marathon on March 9. The 28-year-old, running in his first — and as he said, “almost my last” marathon — dropped to the ground in... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Scott Evans, PharmD, MHA, CEO of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, was named Hospital CEO of the year at the Los Angeles Business Journal’s annual Healthcare Leadership Awards event held at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel on April 23. “We recognize the importance in our communities and... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
"America has never been 'drug-free,'" stated Sarah W. Tracy, PhD, to begin her lecture titled, "Altering American Consciousness: Alcohol, Drug Use and American Medicine," held on April 3 at Mayer Auditorium. Tracy's presentation, part of Visions and Voices, the USC arts and humanities initiative, reviewed America's history of addiction, treatment... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will co-lead a multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial of an experimental drug developed in his lab to treat patients suffering from acute ischemic stroke. Zlokovic, who is a co-investigator on the study,... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
A researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that a previously unsuspected but common protein in the human body can help skin injuries heal, contradicting decades of conventional wisdom about the biology of tissue repair and potential treatments. The pilot study showed that a natural protein isolated... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
For Senta Georgia, PhD, stem cell research offers a window into much more than the biology of pancreatic cells and diabetes. “Molecular biology is elegant,” said Georgia, principal investigator at the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine of... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
When Jamaica Rettberg, a PhD candidate in the Department of Neuroscience in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, decided to apply for a research fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), she knew it wouldn't be easy. The applications are famously complicated and take most people months... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Andrew Woodham is a PhD candidate in the Genetics, Molecular and Cell Biology program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC — but he really wants to do is direct. And now he has. Leading an interdisciplinary team consisting of students and professors, Woodham shot the short film, "Vaccine Voyage:... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
What happens when USC students — some studying art and design, others stem cell biology — examine zebrafish skulls under a microscope? It depends on who’s looking. During spring 2014, scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC invited students from the... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Featuring a colorful new format with larger images, a more accessible calendar of events and a more user-friendly interface, HSC News has launched its new website at hscnews.usc.edu. Updated every Friday, the HSC News site, currently in beta testing, offers the most up-to-date news about campus achievements, personalities, events and... Read More »
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Monday, April 28, 2014
As students complete their third year in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program, they begin to consider the rotations they will pursue next year. To facilitate that, the USC School of Pharmacy holds a preceptor fair giving students and preceptors an opportunity to meet and discuss their programs. This year’s event... Read More »