Jimmy Kimmel, late-night talk show host and comedian, will be the featured speaker at the Keck School of Medicine of USC class of 2019 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at the Galen Center, on USC’s University Park Campus. Kimmel … Read More »
A grant from the National Cancer Institute will advance researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering in their fight against colorectal cancer.
Stacey Finley, PhD, holder of the … Read More »
Business leader, policy expert and philanthropist Leonard D. Schaeffer will be the distinguished keynote speaker for the 112th USC School of Pharmacy Commencement on Friday, May 10, at 2 p.m. on Broad Lawn on the USC Health Sciences Campus.
In 2009, Schaeffer … Read More »
A team of researchers at the USC School of Pharmacy has found that midostaurin, the first new drug in nearly two decades to receive regulatory approval for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), reduces regulatory T cells in patients with the disease.
The … Read More »
Minalie Jain had experienced pain before, but when she started to work in the simulation lab at USC, the shooting pain in her arm caught her attention.
The sim lab involves a lot of fine handwork, with students bent over molds … Read More »
Global dignitaries, activists and leaders spoke at USC’s University Park Campus as part of a public symposium, followed by a youth summit at City Hall, on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10.
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the … Read More »
Last summer, Ashley Wallace took a deep breath as she stepped into Assembly member Patrick O’Donnell’s office.
“I was incredibly nervous,” she recalled. “I had been preparing to make sure I knew each detail of any issue or bill we might … Read More »
When it comes to sorting cells or other small particles, there’s no better place to do so than USC. The university’s Flow Cytometry Facility recently acquired two top-of-the-line cell sorters, the BD FACSymphony and the BioRad S3e, thanks to generous … Read More »
What causes joints to age, lose their regenerative capacity and succumb to arthritis, and how can we slow this process? To address these questions, the National Institutes of Health have awarded a $1.69 million research project grant to investigator … Read More »
Leaky capillaries in the brain portend early onset of Alzheimer’s disease as they signal cognitive impairment before hallmark toxic proteins appear, new USC research shows.
The findings, which appear in the Jan. 14 issue of Nature … Read More »
New USC physician Vladimir Ayvazyan brings his internal medicine expertise to USC Student Health as its newest physician.
His compassion for helping others and giving back to the community is what inspired him to be a doctor. Disease prevention and treating … Read More »
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC is celebrating a milestone.
Nearly 50 years ago, seven Cuban refugees were among the first class of students who graduated from the school’s international dentistry program.
Originally called the USC Special Student Program and … Read More »
Bone marrow transplants, which involve transplanting healthy blood stem cells, offer the best treatment for many types of cancers, blood disorders and immune diseases. Even though 22,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the U.S., much remains to … Read More »
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, has been appointed associate dean for social justice at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, effective Jan. 1. Bluthenthal, who is a professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and a member of the Institute for … Read More »
Two groundbreaking discoveries by USC researchers could lead to medications and a vaccine to treat or prevent a hemorrhagic fever, transmitted by a new tick species, before it spreads across the United States.
In the Jan. 7 Nature Microbiology, … Read More »
It seems like every week Shaun Kalpakoff discovers there’s something new he can no longer do without assistance.
The 37-year-old single father is one of an estimated 20,000 Americans who live with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that … Read More »
Nine Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty members were recently named to the annual Clarivate (formerly Thomson Reuters) list of highly cited researchers, recognizing them as among the leading researchers in the world.
To make the list, researchers must … Read More »
“The field of stem cell biology is one of our great convergence opportunities,” said USC Provost Michael Quick, PhD, addressing an audience of biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, clinicians and many others. This diverse group came together for the Interdisciplinary Stem … Read More »
A new study by Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers shows there’s yet another reason to avoid a high fat, high cholesterol diet: It can trigger changes in the immune system that lead to a … Read More »
After a national search, Kathryn “Kat” Carrico, an accomplished advancement professional with experience at several top academic medical centers, has been named vice president for USC Health Sciences Advancement, effective Jan. 1.
In this role, Carrico will lead efforts to generate … Read More »