More than 700,000 Americans are living with a brain tumor, and surgery is often the first step in treatment.
Because neurosurgeons tend to be clustered in large urban areas, patients requiring surgery to remove a brain tumor may travel to hospitals … Read More »
A former construction professional, Hernan Umana has retained his passion for creating beautiful, functional homes. Customizing houses used to be a key part of his job, before metastasized prostate cancer put his career on indefinite hold. Now, when art therapist … Read More »
Each day, USC’s faculty and students work to show the impact that one of the nation’s leading research institutions can have. Here are some of 2019’s top stories that highlight their groundbreaking research.
Pollution and changes in the brain
Memory problems and … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC CEO Tom Jackiewicz, MPH, and Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, look back at the last year with a sense of pride and gratitude. Click on the image below to see photos … Read More »
Six faculty members from the Keck School were recently named to the 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers, which identifies scientists who are among the most influential in their fields.
To make the list, which is compiled … Read More »
Air pollution is a major problem in large cities from Los Angeles to New Delhi, with studies linking pollutant inhalation to chronic health conditions such as asthma, the most common respiratory disease worldwide. In fact, an increase in air pollution … Read More »
Why do some leukemia patients have more aggressive disease, and why do some of their cancer cells resist treatment? USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu, PhD, is tackling these critical questions with $550,000 of support from … Read More »
A USC analysis of tens of thousands of cannabis-related posts on Twitter found that social bots regularly perpetuated bogus health claims on the platform, illustrating how false statements may drown out solid science on social media.
The study appears today in … Read More »
For years, patients of Keck Medicine of USC have used the Apple Health app to securely track their daily health information such as heart rate, activity, nutrition, sleep habits and more. Now, Apple is collaborating with Keck Medicine and other … Read More »
The 34 students in the master’s program in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have at least two things in common. First, they’re smart, with an average incoming GPA of 3.4. And … Read More »
Krist Azizian (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III)
Over the past several years, Keck Medicine of USC has enjoyed significant growth and expansion of clinical programs through new facilities, integration with key community partners, and … Read More »
Effective Dec. 1, 2019, Joseph Ouzounian, MD, MBA, is the new permanent chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Ouzounian had been a committed and effective interim … Read More »
When USC launched its three-year hybrid online/on-campus doctor of physical therapy (DPT) program in 2018, Michael Andersen, DPT, who completed his degree in 2006, had his initial concerns.
“I didn’t know if we could successfully teach psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning … Read More »
On a bright, crisp morning, faculty and staff from across the Health Sciences Campus attended the annual holiday breakfast. The Dec. 6 event, hosted at Pappas Quad jointly by the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC School … Read More »
Voice assistants have changed the way people live, and voice-enabled technology is quickly becoming the faster, easier path to access information and perform functions. Useful and efficient, voice assistant applications are spreading beyond entertainment and home security to industries such … Read More »
Last year, USC received $68 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health — the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research — for research efforts focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This is more than five times … Read More »
For millions of people who suffer from sleep apnea, getting a good night’s sleep is an elusive dream. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea have blockages of breathing while they sleep, leading to snoring, disruption of sleep … Read More »
When Ray Goldsworthy, PhD, was just 13, he contracted spinal meningitis. Antibiotics saved his life but destroyed the cells in his inner ears responsible for processing sound.
“Within the span of one to two weeks, I went from hearing normally to … Read More »
New research from an international team led by USC scientists set out to learn how feathers developed and helped birds spread across the world. Flight feathers, in particular, are masterpieces of propulsion and adaptation, helping penguins swim, eagles soar and … Read More »
Voice of America’s “VOA/TEK,” a news program dedicated to highlighting cutting-edge technologies and medical breakthroughs, recently featured Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, University Professor of Ophthamology at the Keck School of Medicine and co-director of the … Read More »