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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Francesca Mariani, PhD, has been selected for the 2023 Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching. The director of the Mariani Lab at USC Stem Cell also serves as the faculty director of USC’s master’s program in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. She also teaches master’s, PhD, and MD students... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Tammy Capretta, RN, MPH, chief transformation and risk officer for Keck Medicine of USC, has been named the 2023 Los Angeles Woman of Impact by the American Heart Association (AHA). Each year, nominees begin their campaigns on National Wear Red Day. After the campaigns close, these change-makers are celebrated for... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The Keck School of Medicine of USC's multidisciplinary Class of 2023 will end a milestone phase of their careers on May 12 and 13 at their respective commencements. Each school will host nationally renowned leaders in their field who will deliver the keynote speeches. The speakers have all earned prestigious... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
On Friday, April 14, over 150 members of the Keck Medicine of USC community gathered on the Health Sciences Campus to attend Keck Medical Center’s first-annual quality symposium. The theme of the symposium was “Embrace, Engage, Empower,” and the event was designed to bring together influential leaders and experienced medical... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
A new white paper from the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics has found that Medicare coverage for new classes of weight loss drugs would result in $1 trillion saved by Medicare and the American public over the next 10 years — and save countless lives.... Read More »
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Monday, April 17, 2023
The Los Angeles Business Journal has announced five Keck Medicine of USC administrators and clinicians as honorees in its "2023 Women of Influence: Health Care" special section. The 2023 honorees include: Annette Sy, DNP, RN, NE-BC, chief nursing executive, Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital Tammy Capretta,... Read More »
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Monday, April 17, 2023
Erna Imperatore Blanche, PhD, has been selected as the keynote speaker at the USC Chan Division's 2023 commencement ceremony. She earned her PhD from the division and has served there as a professor of clinical occupational therapy USC since 2003. Blanche is an expert in pediatric occupational therapy and therapeutic... Read More »
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Friday, April 14, 2023
Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, a clinical professor of population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has conducted research in southern Africa since 2009 with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases. His current research — focused in South Africa and Botswana — aims to resolve... Read More »
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Monday, April 10, 2023
A new study lead by a team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that younger brain age — a neuroimaging-based assessment of brain health — is associated with better post-stroke outcomes. The findings could lead to better ways to predict post-stroke outcomes and offer... Read More »
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Monday, April 10, 2023
On April 7, the USC Transplant Institute hosted a flag-raising ceremony to mark National Donate Life Month — a celebration of eye, organ and tissue donors, recipients and physicians. The ceremony also served as a call for further participation in organ and tissue donation, a vital choice attested to by... Read More »
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Friday, April 7, 2023
Updated masking guidelines for Keck Medicine of USC employees and providers will go into effect on Monday, April 10. The guidelines proceed recently updated COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements at Keck Medical Center of USC, as well as a March 31 announcement from the Los Angeles County Department of Public... Read More »