Studying zebrafish, investigators at The Saban Research Institute and The Heart Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have discovered a new source for cells that can develop into coronary vessels and have identified the signaling protein, a chemokine … Read More »
New research by an international team including Keck Medicine of USC scientists is bringing the origins of ovarian cancer into sharper focus.
The study, published online June 15 in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Genetics, highlights the discovery of three genetic variants … Read More »
In ancillary studies of two multi-center international clinical trials led by the USC Eye Institute, the injectable drug ocriplasmin appears to improve vision among patients suffering from symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA), a condition related to the aging eye that could … Read More »
An institute focusing on the development of new effective treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease has been established by the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI) in San Diego will be led by a distinguished … Read More »
They gathered to remember a colleague, mentor and leader — a “towering figure in American medicine” whose work in cancer research at Keck Medicine of USC echoes across the globe.
Brian Henderson, former dean of the Keck School of Medicine and … Read More »
Two Florida urologists have completed a marathon drive from Florida to California in a Tesla to raise awareness about men’s health, arriving at Keck Medical Center of USC in the early afternoon on June 20.
As the USC Trojan Marching Band … Read More »
A capacity crowd of almost 400 ophthalmologists and optometrists participated in a June 19 symposium that marked the Department of Ophthalmology’s 40th anniversary at USC.
The gathering at The Huntington in San Marino represented a “who’s who” in ophthalmology from around … Read More »
USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu, MD, PhD, is one of five early-career scientists to be named a 2015 Pew-Stewart scholar for cancer research. As part of this honor, she will receive $240,000 over four years to advance the understanding … Read More »
A USC project to visualize and analyze connectivity networks in the mouse brain is among 15 new awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tied to the development of biomedical Big Data applications.
Hong-Wei Dong, PhD, associate professor of Neurology … Read More »
Kathryn Challoner, MD, FACEP, voluntary faculty in the department of emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was recently awarded the 2015 Humanitarian Award by the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Challoner spent several … Read More »
Spending an afternoon playing cards with friends is something many of us would eagerly do without much of a second thought. But for patients awaiting heart transplants at Keck Hospital of USC, a couple of hours outside the 4th floor … Read More »
It’s a story that began with a conversation on a treadmill, led to an operating room table and ended with the gift of life.
For veteran Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Javier Tiscareno and Jorge Castro, it’s a story of friendship, … Read More »
Theresa Murphy, RN
A Keck Medicine of USC nursing veteran has returned to the organization to lead USC Verdugo Hills Hospital’s nursing staff.
Theresa Murphy, RN, MSHA, CENP, joined USC-VHH … Read More »
Continuing a family tradition that spans six decades, USC Trustee Jane Hoffman Popovich BS ’65 and her husband, J. Kristoffer Popovich BS ’65 MBA ’70, have pledged $4 million to create the Jane and Kris Popovich Chair in Cancer Research … Read More »
Timothy Wen, a third-year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named as a Medical Student Fellow by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
The organization is dedicated to advancing neurosurgery by inspiring and facilitating scientific … Read More »
The Etz Chaim Tree of Life Award of Compassionate Care, made possible thanks to a generous gift from Etan Chaim Milgrom, MD, MS, was presented for the first time during recent commencement ceremonies at the Keck School of Medicine of … Read More »
Entrepreneur and industrialist Norbert Gehr lost his battle with leukemia in February at age 74, but his family foundation’s $20 million gift to the Keck School of Medicine of USC for research may help others fight their own.
Gehr was the … Read More »
Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, was elected as the 2015-16 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its annual meeting June 6-10 in Baltimore.
Jadvar, an associate professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at the Keck School … Read More »
John Louie Go, MD, has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR).
The induction took place at a convocation ceremony during the ACR meeting May 17–21 in Washington, D.C.
Go is director of head and neck imaging … Read More »
Maria de Fátima Reyes of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is among 21 outstanding U.S. medical students to receive 2015 Minority Scholars Awards from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation.
The program promotes diversity, encourages the elimination of health … Read More »