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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Gauri Rao, PharmD, MS, associate professor of clinical pharmacy and director of the Center for Quantitative Drug and Disease Modeling at the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has garnered a five-year, $3,855,901 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The funding supports her... Read More »
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, will open a Newport Beach location offering the latest advancements in radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging. The treatment center, which will open in early 2025, will feature cutting-edge cancer technologies that are yet to be available in Orange County, providing... Read More »
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
On July 18, Matt Jacobo and Nick Soto became the first two apprentices to complete the USC Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Initiative (BRAIN), a 12-month training program through the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center that was developed to augment the health sciences workforce and improve lives by training people in need... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
A new study led by Dima Qato, MPH, PhD, of the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics suggests that publicly insured individuals who are most likely to benefit from new drugs for diabetes and... Read More »
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
In an innovative new study of glioblastoma, scientists used artificial intelligence (AI) to reprogram cancer cells, converting them into dendritic cells (DCs), which can identify cancer cells and direct other immune cells to kill them. Glioblastoma is the most common brain cancer in adults and also the deadliest, with less... Read More »
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
For the second year in a row, Keck Hospital of USC has earned five stars, the highest rating possible, on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services quality star rating report. Out of 3,076 hospitals rated across the country, only 483 — approximately 16% — received five stars out of... Read More »
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Monday, July 29, 2024
In a significant move for Southern California’s medical community, Richard Weise, MD, and his wife Cathy have gifted their renowned Glendale Eye Medical Group to the USC Roski Eye Institute, strengthening ties between the private practice and their alma mater. The gift brings six new faculty members to USC's eye... Read More »
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Monday, July 29, 2024
Last May, Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD, presented a ministerial dialogue at the 77th Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) on how to prevent maternal and child exposure to toxic lead. The event, which brought together health ministers from around the world, highlighted the effects of lead exposure on... Read More »
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Monday, July 29, 2024
The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physicial Therapy's Stacey Dusing, PhD, PT, Sykes Family Chair in Pediatric Physical Therapy, Pediatric Health and Development, has received a Department of Health Services USC Safety Net Innovation Award by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute to help inform primary care providers... Read More »
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Friday, July 26, 2024
The Keck School of Medicine of USC community mourns the July 17 passing of Althea Alexander, MD, a long-time member of the USC faculty and the inaugural assistant dean of diversity and inclusion. Over the span of her career, Althea and her late husband Fredric’s advocacy enabled more than 800... Read More »
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Data from the Keck School of Medicine of USC's Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4) study, the first and largest clinical trial of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, is now widely available to researchers studying the condition. The comprehensive dataset has already yielded key insights about Alzheimer’s disease, which affects nearly seven... Read More »