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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) honored the USC School of Pharmacy and City of Los Angeles’ COVID-19 Vaccination Program with its Immunization Champion Award, honorable mention, in the corporation/institution category. The USC School of Pharmacy began collaborating with the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City of Los Angeles... Read More »
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
For some at the eighth annual USC Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute's Symposium on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, it was the best meeting of the year. This event was extra special for many of the speakers because it was the first time since 2019 that they got to see their colleagues.... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Over the course of her 30-year career, Carolyn Meltzer, MD, has been a part of great change, both in her areas of specialty — neuroradiology and nuclear medicine — and in the culture of health care itself. As the new dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, she... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Scientists in the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Population and Public Health Sciences are stepping up to evaluate climate change’s impact on human health — particularly for communities already enduring disparities — and devise ways to reverse course. Within the last few years, a cadre of four faculty... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
The Los Angeles Magazine 2022 list of "Top Doctors" includes five distinguished physician educators from the Keck School of Medicine of USC: Robert Holloway, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and the behavioral sciences and pediatrics; Julienne Jacobson, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences; Bradley Peterson,... Read More »
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Monday, April 18, 2022
Soon after Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, became dean of the USC School of Pharmacy in October 2016, he approached Raffi Svadjian, PharmD, MBA, executive director of the school's community pharmacies, with a bold idea — to launch a new pharmacy in South Los Angeles, an underserved area, for pharmaceutical care.... Read More »
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Monday, April 18, 2022
The month of April is recognized as Autism Month, dedicated to the inclusion and recognition of autistic individuals and those in the autism community, including parents, caretakers, teachers, practitioners and self-advocates. Within the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy is a collection of projects and programs that... Read More »
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Each day, an average of 13 people die while waiting for a kidney transplant, but living kidney donations can be a highly effective countermeasure. It’s a message that Mark Scotch has taken on the road. The 66-year-old is an avid long-distance cyclist and founder of The Organ Trail, a series... Read More »
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
On February 25, the Keck School of Medicine of USC shared details on an ongoing study led by researcher Hussein Yassine, MD, an endocrinologist who treats patients with diabetes and lipid disorders at Keck Medicine. The results of his study have now been published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The All of Us Research Program is a nationwide effort to build one of the most diverse health databases for research in the world by gathering health information from a million or more people living in the United States. It has now published its first genomic dataset featuring whole genome sequences... Read More »
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Monday, April 11, 2022
The medical community substantially contributes to climate change, a global threat with numerous, widespread detriments to health. In the United States alone, the health care industry accounts for 8-10% of all greenhouse gas emissions. “The contribution to emissions is huge,” said Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD, holder of the Flora... Read More »