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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Inspirational stories of empowerment and shared laughter and wisdom marked the Keck Medicine Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) Speakers Forum, “Leadership Luminaries,” held Sept. 11 at Keck Medical Center of USC. The event, attended by some 100 Keck Medicine employees, featured three Trojan female leaders: Suzanne Nora Johnson, JD, chair of... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
A far-reaching survey co-led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Michigan discovered new associations between forever chemicals (PFAs) and phenols with hormone-related cancers in women. The findings have strong potential to inform future research and regulations relating to... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy has shared an announcement from the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) that the association's former president, Mary Foto, OT, CCM, died last week at her home in Colorado. Foto was an alumna of USC's occupational therapy class of 1966 and... Read More »
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Monday, September 18, 2023
Robert A. Day, the longtime leader of the W.M. Keck Foundation whose vision was instrumental to the growth of USC and the well-being of Los Angeles, passed away Sept. 14 at age 79. A businessman, investor and philanthropist, Day profoundly changed the course of USC, its medical school, the Keck... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
On August 24, experts at Keck Medicine of USC answered common questions about updated protective measures for staying healthy and safe during the respiratory virus season. Since then, more information has become available on BA.2.86, the new COVID-19 variant, and guidelines for the new COVID-19 vaccine. Keck Medicine has released... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
USC has proposed a new, seven-story, 202,000 square foot building set on the Health Sciences Campus, citing its potential to unite interdisciplinary research teams and accelerate medical breakthroughs. The resulting advanced therapies would then be offered to medically underserved patients at the adjacent Keck Hospital of USC. The collaborative research... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
In a recent interview, Dean Carolyn Meltzer, MD, of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and Steven D. Shapiro, MD, USC's senior vice president of health affairs, discussed the advantages that artificial intelligence could bring to both medical research and clinical care, while also addressing how the health care... Read More »
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Monday, September 11, 2023
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded funding to scientists at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute for a ground-breaking study — to advance imaging capabilities for greater understanding of the structure and function of cerebral small vessels. Cerebral small vessel disease is the most... Read More »
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Monday, September 11, 2023
Deborah “Debbie” McCoy, RN, MS, has been named the executive director of Keck Medicine of USC’s Nursing Institute. Currently USC Arcadia Hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer, McCoy will step into her new role on Oct. 9. Drawing on her many years of health care experience, McCoy will oversee the strategic direction,... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
From August 11 to August 17, a team of Keck Medicine of USC providers participated in an Operation Walk Los Angeles trip to Arusha, Tanzania. The team, led by Paul Gilbert, MD, assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery, and made up of volunteers from Keck Hospital of USC and USC... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
In order to find out why female kidneys are typically more resilient to disease and injury, researchers at USC Stem Cell led a study comparing how genes related to different sexes interact with the organ. The findings, published in Developmental Cell, indicate that the answer lies in testosterone levels. To... Read More »