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Unique Keck Medicine wellness program aims to increase donor availability

More than 110,000 people in the United States are on the waitlist for lifesaving organ transplants. However, there is a national shortage of available viable kidneys and livers for people on the transplant waitlist, highlighting the need for more living Read More »

October 6th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Leading health systems unite to unveil BetterTogether.Health new public service campaign

Five of Los Angeles County’s largest nonprofit health systems with hospitals, clinics and facilities regionwide announced the newest campaign for their bettertogether.health coalition. With a mission to convince Angelenos to put health first and access care when Read More »

October 6th, 2021|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

USC environmental health sciences research center awarded $8 million NIH grant

USC’s hub for environmental health sciences research has secured a key grant to continue its work in Los Angeles and beyond well into 2025.

The Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center received a five-year, $8 million grant from the National Read More »

October 5th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

How research and cutting-edge clinical techniques saved a woman’s sight

Vanessa Ho was just beginning her Saturday morning when she suddenly felt intense pain and blurry vision in her right eye. She had experienced these symptoms once before when she suffered an acute angle closure attack – a condition that Read More »

October 5th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Supporting the invisible, unpaid army of Alzheimer’s caregivers

There’s an invisible, unpaid workforce caring for the 6 million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. The USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics estimates that 11 million family caregivers bear this emotional, physical and financial burden, mostly Read More »

October 5th, 2021|Announcements|