Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, will deliver the commencement address to medical students during the Keck School of Medicine’s graduation ceremony on May 13.
Black and Latino neighborhoods in the 30 most populous U.S. cities had fewer pharmacies than white or diverse neighborhoods in 2007-2015, USC research shows, suggesting that ‘pharmacy deserts’ — like so-called food deserts — may be an overlooked … Read More »
With the recent opening of eligibility of the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone age 16 and older, Keck Medicine of USC obstetrician-gynecologist Marc H. Incerpi, MD, offers information on the safety of the vaccine for people who are … Read More »
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD, will join USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center as associate director for cancer equity, a newly created position, and the Keck School of Medicine of USC as a professor and vice chair of research in the … Read More »
Eli Broad, a philanthropist whose causes included the arts, science and education, died April 30. He was 87.
Andrew McMahon, PhD, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, shared … Read More »
When Fatoumata Jaiteh’s head started throbbing and her body ached — symptoms of COVID-19 — she didn’t worry about herself. Her thoughts zeroed in on someone she loved who awaited her at home.
The oncology nurse at USC Norris Cancer Hospital … Read More »
Daily exposure to auto emissions during childhood may set the stage for cardiovascular disease in later life, according to a USC Children’s Health Study that followed 70 children into young adulthood.
The research, published recently in the journal … Read More »
If you feel your brain power diminishing as you advance into middle age and beyond, blame your neural stem cells. In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, a team led by USC Stem Cell scientist … Read More »
It’s mid-March on a Friday morning. Dozens of USC students open their laptops and log in to Zoom, but it’s not for a lecture or class.
“I have no idea what to expect,” said sophomore Phong Doozy Do.
Freshman Valerie Dao is … Read More »
Two internationally prominent cancer experts from USC and Cedars-Sinai will train a new generation of investigators to propel scientific advances in cancer through a novel grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Peter Kuhn, director of the Convergent … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC earned an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national patient safety watchdog organization, in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. This is the fourth consecutive time the hospital has received an … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC received the 2020 Patient Safety Honor Roll Award from the California Health and Human Services Agency, Hospital Quality Institute and Cal Hospital Compare, administrators announced. This is the first year that Keck Hospital has achieved this … Read More »
Children and young adults with compromised immune systems, such as those undergoing cancer treatment, may experience a prolonged period of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the extended duration of infection may increase the incidence of mutations. … Read More »
If a global pandemic was meant to slow researchers down in their quest for knowledge, no one told the research teams working in Ostrow’s lab spaces across both campuses.
This year, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC has been … Read More »
The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy has launched a $2.5 million initiative comprising a variety of projects aimed at the coronavirus, economic and racial pandemics, the combined effects of which are sure to be felt for … Read More »
Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. Of these, approximately 80% lose arm function and as many as 50-60% of this population still experience problems six months later.
Traditionally, stroke patients try to regain motor function through … Read More »
Through a collaboration that will enhance the unparalleled medical care provided to USC student-athletes, USC Athletics announced the full integration of its athletic medicine services with Keck Medicine of USC, through … Read More »
USC Trustee Malcolm Currie, engineering physicist and former chairman and CEO of Hughes Aircraft Company, died on April 18 with his wife and two daughters beside him. He was 94.
A defense and aerospace industry leader, Currie was best known for … Read More »
USC Emeritus Professor Robert E. Maxson has an understated explanation for why he’s flown so many planes, sailed so many boats, skied so many mountains, played so many guitars, taken so many trips to Antarctica, and studied so many … Read More »
Along-awaited, high-tech analysis of the upper body of famed fossil Little Foot opens a window to a pivotal period when human ancestors diverged from apes, new USC research shows.
Little Foot’s shoulder assembly proved key to interpreting an early branch of … Read More »
