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Monday, March 24, 2025
On March 21 this year, fourth-year medical students from across North America took part in a significant milestone known as Match Day. At 9 a.m. PDT on the dot, each student tore open an envelope containing the name of the program that will be their home for residency training. Prior... Read More »
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Monday, March 24, 2025
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, dean of the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, received the 2025 Outstanding Dean Award at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville on Friday, March 21. The national award, presented since 2004, recognizes one dean out of the 142 U.S. pharmacy schools... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered slightly elevated but clinically normal during pregnancy, with no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure, face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five years after giving birth. These women—about 12% of the population studied—would not be flagged as high-risk by... Read More »
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Monday, March 17, 2025
The full value of a merger can only be realized if effort is made to build and leverage organizational synergies beyond the transactional deal. Integrating an entire hospital full of new departments, facilities and thousands of employees into a health system is no easy feat. But over the last two... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Adam Leventhal, PhD, a University Professor with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, witnessed the effects of addiction up close in high school, then later, within his family. Now a leading expert on addiction, he's the executive founding director of the USC Institute for Addiction Science, a massive interdisciplinary... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Jane F. Emerson, MD, PhD, has been announced as the new chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, effective March 1. Having served as the interim chair since July 1, 2024, Emerson will continue to lead the research, clinical care,... Read More »
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Monday, March 10, 2025
On March 7, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) welcomed 72 students from 11 local high schools for its annual Healthcare Day of Discovery, which invites high school students interested in careers in health care to gain some hands-on experience and learn about the wide range of options available to them.... Read More »
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Friday, March 7, 2025
The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) has given Keck Hospital of USC a Gold Center of Excellence designation, recognizing it as one of the top extracorporeal life support (ECLS) programs worldwide. Extracorporeal life support, also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is a process that uses a machine to remove... Read More »
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Friday, March 7, 2025
In her last State of the University address as USC President, Carol Folt acknowledged six years of progress and achievements under her leadership. Folt emphasized investments the university made in its health system during her tenure, including the addition of USC Arcadia Hospital in July 2022 and Keck Medicine’s soon-to-open,... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Scientists from USC Stem Cell, part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, have found a way to expel tau proteins from the cells of brain organoids, opening up new ways to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease and other forms of neurodegeneration. Tau protein buildup, a major contributor to... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Carolyn Meltzer, MD, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has announced the launch of the Department of Cancer Biology, effective March 1, 2025. This department is catalyzed by the merger of the Department of Translational Genomics and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. The department will... Read More »