More than 550 community members attended the 22nd annual USC Arcadia Hospital Community Health Fair on Oct. 20, which was held on the hospital campus.
More than 100 clinicians and hospital staff provided 2,118 free screenings and … Read More »
On Oct. 24, the Keck School of Medicine of USC held its annual Faculty Awards and Recognition Ceremony, shining a spotlight on excellence in clinical practice, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, as well as mentoring, scholarship, service and teaching throughout … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC brought home the prestigious President’s Award during the 60th annual PRism Awards, honoring excellence in public relations, hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Public Relation Society of America (PRSA-LA). The President’s … Read More »
In a new paper published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu, PhD, and her collaborators have found that a small subset of blood stem cells makes an outsized contribution to maintaining either a youthful … Read More »
Emily Rothman, professor and chair of the Occupational Therapy Department at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was awarded the 2024 Patricia Buehler Legacy Award for Clinical Innovation from the USC Chan Division of … Read More »
On Oct. 5, the USC Arcadia Hospital Foundation hosted its annual Crystal Ball celebration to pay tribute to The H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation, which has supported the hospital for over 60 years through philanthropic support.
An award was bestowed … Read More »
William V. Padula, PhD, has earned the 2024 ISPOR Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology. The prize recognizes his use of machine learning to develop an algorithm for better predicting the risk … Read More »
On Oct. 18, the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s division of plastic and reconstructive surgery held its first Garry S. Brody, MD, MSc, Memorial Lecture and Research Day — an event that included presentations and panels … Read More »
Bailey McLagan, a PhD student at the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, has received a grant from Therabody for her research on the role of female hormones on post-exercise muscle repair. Her work also will … Read More »
Dima Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD, Hygeia Centennial Chair at the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has received a $50,000 Collaborative Research Planning Award from the USC Office of Research … Read More »
A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in collaboration with UCLA and Cleveland Clinic, shows that patients who were hospitalized for severe COVID-19 in 2020 face an increased risk of major cardiac events similar to the … Read More »
The USC Roski Eye Institute’s Dry Eye Center of Excellence is celebrating its fifth anniversary, having collected approximately 800 tear samples from 400 patients since its inception in 2019.
The center aims to provide personalized treatment for dry eye, a … Read More »
The National Institutes of Health has awarded its Director’s Transformative Research Award to Rong Lu, PhD, of USC Stem Cell and Michael Elowitz, PhD, of the California Technical Institute (Caltech). The award, worth $8.1 … Read More »
On Jan. 1, Greg Kharabadze, MHA, FACHE will become senior associate dean, chief operations and finance officer for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In an announcement released on Oct. 8, Dean Carolyn C. Meltzer stated … Read More »
Research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that levels of “forever chemicals” in the blood are linked with disruptions to a fundamental pillar of health — sleep.
In the first study to examine that relationship in young adults, … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has launched a strategic collaboration with StemCardia to develop cellular and genetic therapies for heart failure.
StemCardia was founded by Charles (Chuck) Murry, MD, PhD in 2023, before he joined the … Read More »
The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has named nine honorees for its 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, which will take place on Feb. 23. The recipients have been chosen for their leadership and … Read More »
USC Stem Cell scientists from the McMahon Lab have undertaken a pair of complementary studies, published in the journal Development, that provide new insight into the critical role of Wnt signaling in initiating the development of the … Read More »
A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a device that could potentially measure a person’s stroke risk in a cost-effective and noninvasive way, akin to a cardiac … Read More »
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are partnering with the USC Center for Neurotechnology, part of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, to utilize neural imaging, brain-computer interfaces and medical knowledge to develop game-changing … Read More »