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Friday, July 12, 2013
Uttam K. Sinha, associate professor of otolaryngology and Watt Family Chair in Head and Neck Cancer at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been appointed to two key new leadership positions. Sinha will serve as medical director of head and neck surgery, and associate dean of surgical simulation,... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker [caption id="attachment_489" align="alignright" width="216"] John and Karen Reid requested that in lieu of traditional gifts for their wedding, guests consider donations to the Darlene Dufau Reid Endowed Scholarship Fund.[/caption] When his wife, Darlene Dufau Reid, passed away after a long illness in 2008, John Reid (USC... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Following the expiration of an agreement with the Doheny Eye Institute, the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Ophthalmology will now be known by a new name, USC Eye Institute, under the campus clinical branding Keck Medical Center of USC. The new name will be used throughout the... Read More »
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen A. Puliafito recently celebrated the recruitment of world renowned neuroscientists Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson — and more than 100 faculty, researchers and staff — to the Keck School. (more…)... Read More »
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Friday, June 28, 2013
By Robin Heffler [caption id="attachment_478" align="alignright" width="412"] The cellular and molecular composition of feathers can be experimentally manipulated to test the hypothesis that certain molecular components may enhance or suppress pigment differentiation.[/caption] To eventually use stem cells in regenerative medicine, scientists need to understand how stem cells become organized into... Read More »
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Friday, June 28, 2013
By Robert Perkins A new study has found that stroke patients’ brains show strong cortical motor activity when observing others performing physical tasks — a finding that offers new insight into stroke rehabilitation. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a team of researchers from USC monitored the brains of 24... Read More »
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Friday, June 28, 2013
By Alexis Young [caption id="attachment_472" align="alignright" width="144"] PharmD candidate Cedona Watts is researching gene expression and translocation at the Center for Cancer Research in Bethesda, Md.Photo/Lillian Insalata[/caption] After watching a YouTube video about the USC School of Pharmacy, Cedona Watts was convinced that she should leave her hometown of Huntsville,... Read More »
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Monday, June 24, 2013
In honor of National CPR Week, the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency offered a countywide CPR training program to the greater Los Angeles Area. (more…)... Read More »
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Monday, June 24, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker A significant number of drugs originate in the academic medical community, but progress toward translating new pharmaceutical breakthroughs to the clinic is often slow and prohibitively expensive. Research suggests that since the early 1980s, the number of Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs has stayed the same,... Read More »
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Monday, June 24, 2013
A team of graduate students from the Keck School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine’s Health Behavior Research PhD Program recently won the Sloboda Bukoski Cup competition at the Society for Prevention Research conference. (more…)... Read More »
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Monday, June 24, 2013
By Josh Grossberg Tuition was a few thousand dollars. The campus was dotted with open fields. There were a handful of women students. A lot has changed since Robert Ouwendijk graduated from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. But one thing hasn't — the camaraderie he shared with his... Read More »