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Thursday, April 17, 2014
The vision for the forthcoming USC Norris Healthcare Consultation Center is simple, according to Stephen Gruber, MD, MPH, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Director — a place where research, clinical care and education all converge under the same roof. To help achieve that vision, the United Cancer Research Society (UCRS)... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease; by the year 2050, the number could triple unless developments in medicine can slow or reverse the pace. Researchers, clinicians and students gathered at USC on April 4 to learn more about progress in prevention and treatment... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Two Keck School of Medicine of USC postdoctoral scholars recently received fellowships from the prestigious A.P. Giannini Foundation. Lindsey Mork, PhD, received her fellowship based on her work with craniofacial development, and Elinne Becket, PhD, received hers for her continuing study of epigenetics and kidney cancer. The foundation awards six... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Directors of the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation visited the USC Health Sciences Campus on Mar. 31, to hear presentations from Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and meet with participants in the Baxter Foundation Student Research Fellowship Program. The foundation’s mission is to advance charitable, scientific... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
International biopharmaceutical business leader Robert A. Bradway has been elected to the USC Board of Trustees. Bradway is chairman and CEO of Amgen Inc., the world’s largest independent biotechnology company. Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Amgen has 20,000 employees in more than 50 countries, having served more than 25 million... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
More than 500 luminaries in the entertainment, medical science, technology and business sectors gathered for the second annual Rebels With A Cause event held on March 20, resulting in the largest total funds raised to date at one event for the life-saving cancer research of David B. Agus, MD, director... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Pavitra Krishnamani was only 16 when she entered USC through the Resident Honors Program, but she quickly became involved in a wide range of activities — from tutoring community students to founding a dance team to editing health publications. Without realizing it, she said, she “helped build a curriculum for... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 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 held a preceptor fair on March 28 at Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad. The event gave students and preceptors an... Read More »
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital CEO Scott Evans (left) and hospitals Emergency Management Officer Robert Vance (right) present at $13,000 check to American Red Cross representative Stephanie Pell at a recent Keck Huddle meeting. The funds were raised in support of Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts. [caption... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A new procedure at Keck Medicine of USC may give people with severe, uncontrolled asthma a much-needed breath of life. The medical center is among the first in the United States to offer bronchial thermoplasty, an outpatient treatment that provides long-lasting control of this chronic disease. USC was one of... Read More »
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Richard Binggeli, a professor, researcher and psychologist at the Keck School of Medicine of USC for nearly three decades, died March 16 after a long battle with thyroid cancer. He was 76. Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Richard to Los Angeles and graduated from Hamilton High School. He received... Read More »