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Friday, February 21, 2014
By Ryan Ball When the ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation Inc. was established in 1958 to provide financial awards to U.S. graduate and undergraduate students for innovative pursuits in science, engineering and medical research, the Soviet Union had just launched Sputnik and the United States feared it might... Read More »
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Six researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC were recently selected to join the Society for Pediatric Research. Membership in the society is based on peer nomination and election, and marks the member’s standing as an internationally recognized pediatric researcher. The newest members will be honored at the... Read More »
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Friday, February 21, 2014
USC recently created the USC Health System Board, a new body that will provide high-level direction for the operations and strategic development of the University’s medical enterprise and joint ventures for surgical centers. With the 2013 addition of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, the clinical enterprise now includes three hospitals, more... Read More »
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Members of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association dance in colorful costumes at Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad on Jan. 30 to celebrate the beginning of the lunar new year and the Chinese Year of the Horse. [caption id="attachment_1270" align="alignleft" width="432"] Photo/Sara Reeve[/caption]... Read More »
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Keck School of Medicine of USC has named one of its own, Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, to become chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and director of the USC Eye Institute as well as to serve as professor of ophthalmology and preventive medicine and hold the Grace and Emery Beardsley... Read More »
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
By Hope Hamashige [caption id="attachment_1273" align="alignright" width="72"] Helen Hislop[/caption] Helen Hislop, PhD, a pioneering former chair of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, a division at the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, died on Nov. 15 in North Carolina at the age of 84. Hislop spent 30 years at USC, heading... Read More »
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
By Alison Trinidad For the first time, scientists and engineers have identified a critical cancer-causing component in the virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, the most common cancer among HIV-infected people. The discovery lays the foundation for developing drugs that prevent Kaposi’s sarcoma and other related cancers. “The mechanism behind the... Read More »
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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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