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Friday, October 3, 2014
Sarah Ingersoll, clinical assistant professor of neurology at the Keck School, competed in the 2014 Nautica Malibu Triathlon on Sept. 14. Ingersoll, a 72-year-old Pasadena resident, finished first in her age group, but noted that she was also the only one in it. The triathlon benefited Children’s Hospital Los Angeles... Read More »
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Friday, October 3, 2014
Stephen Gruber, MD, PhD, director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, presented Christopher Haiman, PhD, with the AFLAC Chair in Cancer Research on Sept. 23. Haiman, who is also professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, focuses his research on understanding genetic susceptibility to breast and prostate... Read More »
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Friday, October 3, 2014
Veronica Atkins, of the Robert and Veronica Atkins Foundation, visited the Health Sciences Campus on Sept. 4 to receive updates on the research of Michael Goran, MD, PhD, MPH. Goran is a nationally known expert in childhood obesity and diabetes and the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Endowed Chair... Read More »
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Friday, October 3, 2014
The Hollywood Reporter published a list of Hollywood’s Top Doctors that included many faculty members from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The list was put together by Castle Connolly, a medical database company, using information from a survey of thousands of doctors’ ratings of their peers. In addition... Read More »
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Friday, October 3, 2014
As flu season approaches, Keck Medicine of USC staff, faculty and visitors are encouraged to get a flu vaccine. If you are a faculty physician or a staff member of Keck Medicine of USC, you can receive your vaccine through Employee Health Services in USC Healthcare Center 1, or the Evaluation... Read More »
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Friday, October 3, 2014
Noah Merin, hematology/oncology fellow at USC Norris Cancer Hospital, recently commissioned a mural on the side of his house in Lincoln Heights to highlight the prevalence of leukemia in the Hispanic community. The colorful image depicts Mesoamerican-themed characters wearing long feathered headdresses in consultation — one character is a physician... Read More »
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
A person’s face is the first thing that others see, and much remains unknown about how it forms — or malforms — during early development. Recently, Chong Pyo Choe, PhD, a senior postdoctoral fellow working in the lab of USC stem cell researcher Gage Crump, PhD, has begun to unwind these mysteries.... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
On Thursday, October 16, at 10:16a.m., USC will participate in the Great California ShakeOut. This year over nine million people are expected to participate making the ShakeOut the largest disaster drill in history. The purpose of the ShakeOut is to help people get better prepared before the next big earthquake and... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Keck School of Medicine of USC has been named the sole grant recipient to become the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), a vital clearinghouse created by the Administration on Aging, part of the Administration on Community Living in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The $2.2 million... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Mike Habib has trouble getting rest. “There are days when I don’t sleep as much as I should,” admits the assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, who has a joint appointment with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM). Always on the move, Habib... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Keck Medical Center of USC is the first medical center in the world to use new robotic technology in an outpatient procedure for a kidney cancer patient. Urologic surgeons at the USC Institute of Urology, part of Keck Medicine of USC, used a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared laparoscopic device,... Read More »