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Thursday, February 6, 2014
By Paul Karon A public education program that trained and fielded a cadre of health mentors in California significantly boosted Latino residents’ knowledge of everything from cholesterol and diabetes to the importance of nutrition and exercise, a USC study showed. The study, by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science... Read More »
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
[caption id="attachment_1262" align="alignright" width="216"] Above, the USC Trojan Marching Band plays at the event, held at the USC Galen Center.Photo/Leslie Ridgeway[/caption] The USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) launched its Saturday Academy on Jan. 18, expanding to include nearly 100 sixth graders who live near the Health Sciences Campus. The NAI... Read More »
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
U.S. News & World Report ranks many of our excellent clinical departments among the top programs in the country. These rankings are an important marker that communicates the high quality of our patient care and medical research to the public. Each program’s reputation among physicians is a vital component of... Read More »
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
By Leslie Ridgeway [caption id="attachment_1255" align="alignright" width="144"] Shaul G. Massry (left) presents Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen A. Puliafito with a check to support the Fifth-Year Research Scholars program.Photo/Amy Hamaker[/caption] With a goal of helping young researchers launch their careers, the Meira and Shaul G. Massry Foundation has provided... Read More »
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Paul Macklin, assistant professor of research, will speak at the American Association for the Advancement of Science ann ual meeting, to be held Feb. 13-17 in Chicago. As part of a discussion on “big data” — data sets so large and complex that they become difficult to process using traditional... Read More »
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Friday, January 24, 2014
By Amy E. Hamaker Don’t wear stilettos. Cultivate “om” in the office. Know your grocer. Smile. [caption id="attachment_1245" align="alignright" width="140"] David Agus, professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and Keck School Dean Carmen A. Puliafito discuss the rules for living a healthy life during a... Read More »
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Friday, January 24, 2014
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation has selected the Keck School of Medicine of USC to host the 2014 Lasker Lectures featuring recipients of the 2013 Lasker Awards. The Lasker Awards — among the most respected and coveted science prizes in the world — are given each year by the... Read More »
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Friday, January 24, 2014
By Amy E. Hamaker [caption id="attachment_1240" align="alignright" width="216"] The new Varian TrueBeam STx linear accelerator uses sophisticated imaging and respiration synchronization tools to visualize soft tissue during treatment and make changes accordingly.Photo/Ryan Ball[/caption] In the fight to make cancer a disease of the past, Keck Medicine of USC has a... Read More »
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Friday, January 24, 2014
By Ryan Ball The Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Surgery was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to join the Cardiothoracic Surgery Trials Network. The consortium of sites throughout the United States and Canada has been charged with the mission... Read More »
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Friday, January 24, 2014
The Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC has launched the new division of oral and maxillofacial surgery, which will provide students, residents and faculty of the Ostrow School access to unique educational, clinical and research opportunities in the field. Announced by Ostrow School Dean Avishai Sadan, DMD, in November 2013,... Read More »