USC researchers have identified biomarkers associated with severe birth defects in babies born to women infected with the Zika virus. The discovery could lead to screening tests and a better understanding about how the infection leads to fetal abnormalities.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Mariana Stern, PhD, USC professor of research preventive medicine and urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, as one of California’s expert scientists on the … Read More »
Dozens of the smallest superheroes and villains joined miniature professionals and spooky skeletons to invade the Health Sciences Campus on Oct. 31, for the annual Halloween Parade. The children trekked through Keck Hospital of USC and visited USC Norris Cancer … Read More »
Children are not as hard-headed as adults — in a very literal sense. Babies are born with soft spots and flexible joints called sutures at the junctions where various sections of their skull bones meet. If these sutures fuse prematurely, … Read More »
On October 24, the ultra-high-field 7T Terra magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (INI) of the Keck School of Medicine of USC received FDA approval for clinical use, … Read More »
Gabriel Zada, MD, a neurosurgeon at Keck Medicine of USC, has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research pituitary adenomas, which are commonly occurring yet little-studied tumors arising from the … Read More »
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $16 million grant to create a cancer health equity center at USC and two partner institutions that will conduct research on cancer health disparities, train underrepresented minorities and perform community outreach.
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William Tseng, MD, an internationally recognized sarcoma expert and associate professor of clinical surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, knew he wanted to be a cancer surgeon back when he was in high school and participated in … Read More »
Karla Hernandez, 12, went to school on Friday, exhausted.
The sixth-grader at John Muir Middle School hadn’t slept at all the night before, kept awake by an agonizing toothache that even aspirin wouldn’t relieve.
Karla needed a root canal — and fast. … Read More »
USC employees are encouraged to take advantage of what is in almost all cases the only chance to re-enroll or choose new benefit options during this year’s open enrollment period, beginning Oct. 29, through Nov. 12.
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Keck Hospital of USC is being recognized for its exceptional cardiac care with a 2019 Healthgrades excellence award for percutaneous coronary intervention. According to Healthgrades, the hospital ranks among the top 10 percent in the nation for the procedure, which … Read More »
The USC Center for Cystic Fibrosis – Adult Care at Keck Hospital of USC has received a generous $1 million gift from the Anton Yelchin Foundation. Anton Yelchin had cystic fibrosis, and … Read More »
Adam Leventhal, PhD, professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, received the American Cancer Society’s Giants of Science Determination Award Oct. 18 in Beverly Hills for his novel research of the causes, consequences, treatment … Read More »
Ji-Seung Yoo, PhD, postdoctoral scholar – research associate at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been chosen as the newest awardee of the Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research (HCPR) Postdoctoral Fellowship. The award was activated in September 2018.
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After decades of punishing schedules and high-pressure exams, medical schools across the nation are awakening to the need for major changes in how doctors are trained — and USC is leading this charge on physician wellness.
Because medical students are expected … Read More »
Young Americans with cancer have a far better prognosis than once thought due to a surprising new discovery about the role of HIV/AIDS, fundamentally altering a long-standing narrative about their cancer mortality, according to new findings by USC scientists.
For decades, … Read More »
It didn’t require plane tickets to bring together scientists from USC Stem Cell in Los Angeles and BCRegMed in Vancouver. During October’s Virtual Symposium, videoconferencing technology enabled these scientists to share ideas as if they were sitting in the same … Read More »
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai, PhD, DDS, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), a membership which is considered one of the highest honors in the … Read More »
Martha Garcia lives with Type 2 diabetes, a preventable and manageable disease that for many feels like a social death sentence. The myths surrounding the disease made Garcia believe she had two choices — continue with the habits that … Read More »
For Bradley Williams, a certified geriatric pharmacist with an interest in photography, there was only one way to retire: with a gallery showing of his photographic portraits of older adults.
Williams, professor of clinical pharmacy and clinical gerontology, combined … Read More »