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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
New evidence has emerged about the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles County, as shown by a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE. Scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC Schaeffer Center and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, found... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
In a large, nationally representative study co-led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC, nicotine pouch use was uncommon among U.S. adults, including those who had tried to quit smoking, in the midst of rising sales and concerns over teen use. Nicotine pouches, a new commercial tobacco product, contain... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
On July 16, Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, released an announcement regarding Keck Medicine of USC's high rankings from this year's U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals issue. The memo has been reprinted here to make it easily available to all employees, patients and friends throughout... Read More »
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Monday, July 15, 2024
Hospital-level care provided in a patient’s own home is appealing to a majority of people for its convenience, comfort and effectiveness, and the possibility of faster recovery as a result, according to a USC Schaeffer Center study published in JAMA. Researchers say their study provides important insights about patient and... Read More »
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Monday, July 15, 2024
A new conceptual article published in Autism in Adulthood by a team of USC researchers and students from the Disparity Reduction and Equity in Autism Services (DREAmS) Lab explores how occupational science might reconcile authentic belonging and autistic camouflaging among intersectional populations. Led by Assistant Professor Amber Angell, PhD, OTR/L, the DREAmS Lab focuses on... Read More »
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Monday, July 15, 2024
A loss of salt and body fluid can stimulate kidney regeneration and repair in mice, according to a NIH-funded study led by USC Stem Cell scientist Janos Peti-Peterdi and published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. This innate regenerative response relies on a small population of kidney cells in a region... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A new study from Keck Medicine of USC, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, finds that transgender adults have double the prevalence of cirrhosis compared to cisgender adults (people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth), suggesting a need for more supportive, preventive care. Cirrhosis is a chronic, progressive end-stage... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named interim leadership for the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, distinguished professor of population and public health sciences, stepped into the role of interim chair July 1, while Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD, professor of population and public... Read More »
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Friday, July 5, 2024
Alison Cogan, PhD, assistant professor of occupational science and occupational therapy at the USC Chan Division, has been named the 2024 recipient of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award for her accomplishments as director of the Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery Studies in Health Services (ReFReSH)... Read More »
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Friday, July 5, 2024
Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD, of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, is leading researchers from across USC in a project to build a dementia cost model that will generate comprehensive national, annual estimates of the cost of dementia that could benefit patients and their families, thanks... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
On June 14 and June 20, Keck Medicine of USC celebrated the graduation of its first leadership cohorts for the Keck Academy for Continuous Improvement (KACI). A collaboration between the Keck Medicine of USC Operating System, the Quality Institute and the health system entities, the goal of the program is... Read More »