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Monday, September 23, 2024
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $7,722,583 to the new Network for Exposomics in the US (NEXUS) Coordinating Center, which is co-led by experts from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. The award is dedicated to... Read More »
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Monday, September 23, 2024
The American College of Surgeons has named Damon H. Clark, MD, an emergency, trauma and critical care surgeon with Keck Medicine of USC, as the winner of its annual Surgical Volunteerism Award. The award is intended to honor surgeons who go above and beyond their surgical practices with exceptional contributions to... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
A new large-scale longitudinal study, led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will unite 12 research centers across the United States to explore how type 1 diabetes affects children during a window of time known to be critical for healthy brain development. Ultimately, the findings could help refine... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Keck Hospital of USC has been named a top performer in the 2024 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership award by Vizient, Inc., a leading health care performance improvement company. The top performer designation acknowledges the hospital’s excellence in delivering high-quality care as measured by the annual Vizient Quality and Accountability Study. Keck Hospital... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
For 20 undergraduate students at USC, stem cell research is more than the topic of a lecture or an article in a textbook. It’s the focus of a comprehensive two-year program designed to prepare juniors and seniors for careers in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Known as USC COMPASS:... Read More »
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Monday, September 16, 2024
According to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, women exposed to higher levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) or inhalable particulate matter (PM10) during the second trimester of pregnancy face an almost fourfold increased risk of postpartum depression, compared to women exposed to lower levels of... Read More »
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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Jerre and Mary Joy Stead have gifted $12.5 million to the Department of Neurological Surgery to support transformative clinical and research innovation and entrepreneurship. Their gift establishes the Stead Family Neurological Surgery Innovation Fund, the Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Family Chair in Neurological Surgery, and the Jerre and Mary Joy... Read More »
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
On Sept. 11, the Keck School of Medicine of USC announced that 11 members of its faculty have received endowed faculty positions — the highest academic recognition that USC, or any university, can bestow on a professor. The status is an honor for the faculty member and an enduring tribute... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The USC Roski Eye Institute celebrated the opening of its new Glendale clinic on Sept. 5, marking an expansion of USC’s eye care services in the area. About 50 people gathered at the 500 N. Central Ave location, including Keck School of Medicine Dean Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, USC Senior Vice... Read More »
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Inspired by the debut of a dance form called breaking at the 2024 Olympic Games, the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy (IYA) and the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance have developed a multidisciplinary program to determine how to collect breaking movement data through... Read More »
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Monday, September 9, 2024
A study published in Nature Communications provides new insight into how damaged cells interact within disease-promoting microenvironments following acute kidney injury (AKI). With limited treatment options, AKI frequently progresses to chronic kidney disease (CKD), which affects over 1 in 7 adults — an estimated 37 million people. The new findings... Read More »