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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
This spring, Keck Medicine of USC staff found themselves on the front lines in the response to COVID-19. Helping patients requires teamwork involving many different kinds of specialists, some of whom may not be at the forefront of people’s minds. Three of these specialists — a respiratory therapist, a music... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has developed a curriculum covering health justice to be implemented in the fall of 2021. The new educational program will be known as the Physician-Citizen-Scholar curriculum. The program will include mentoring from faculty, content on health policy, population health, public health and structural... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic started to ramp up in Southern California, the Information Services (IS) department needed to move quickly to make sure Keck Medicine of USC’s technological needs would be met across all fronts — and under rapidly changing circumstances. Business is now resuming in increments across the health... Read More »
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Monday, July 13, 2020
A novel preclinical study by Keck Medicine of USC researchers, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, reveals that a new opioid medication may have the ability to slow the progression of osteoarthritis while being less addictive than commonly prescribed opioid drugs. The results confirm that the medication activates the kappa opioid... Read More »
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Monday, July 13, 2020
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation is supporting innovative biomedical research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC by granting $100,000 awards to two assistant professors: Vishal Patel, MD, PhD, in the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, and Ya-Wen Chen, PhD, in the USC Hastings Center for... Read More »
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
The primary goal of the ambulatory services team at Keck Medicine of USC is to make sure that staff, physicians and patients are safe. To help prevent COVID-19 transmission at various Keck Medicine clinic locations, Laurie Johnson, chief ambulatory officer, and Angela Price, manager of ambulatory services, and their teams... Read More »
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
Justin Ichida, PhD, has been named the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC. This new endowed professorship recognizes Ichida’s progress in developing stem cell-based approaches to studying neurodegenerative diseases including ALS, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. “I’m honored,” said Ichida, who... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
USC scientists are developing a simpler way to generate the sensory cells of the inner ear. Based at the laboratories of Neil Segil, PhD, and Justin Ichida, PhD of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, their approach uses direct reprogramming to produce “hair cells” — sensory cells named for their hair-like protrusions which sense... Read More »
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
On June 22, Chris Allen transitioned from his role as executive administrator for financial planning and decision support at Keck Medicine of USC to serve as the health system’s interim chief financial officer. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Allen brings more than 20 years of finance leadership experience... Read More »
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
From June 22 through June 26, Keck Medicine of USC celebrated Keck PRIDE, a week devoted to recognizing the health system’s diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) staff and its commitment to providing affirming care to LGBTQ+ patients. Despite the need to celebrate virtually due to ongoing concerns... Read More »
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Caryn Lerman, PhD, director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been chosen as president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, the organization announced Monday. Lerman, who is also the H. Leslie Hoffman and Elaine S. Hoffman Chair in Cancer Research, a professor of psychiatry and the behavioral... Read More »