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Program aims to boost literacy skills for deaf children

One of the overarching goals of the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery is to improve the lives of all people who are deaf or hard of hearing. With that goal in mind, clinicians at the Read More »

June 29th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Dentistry, social work provide mobile dental clinic for homeless and at-risk veterans

During the week of April 15 – 21, 2021, five mobile dental clinics, containing 15 dental operatories, took over the parking lot of the Leo Baeck Temple near the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center (WLA VA) to provide Read More »

June 28th, 2021|Announcements|

USC researchers share discoveries on Alzheimer’s disease and discuss strategies to fight the illness

Acontroversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease is raising tough questions: Who should take it? Who will pay for it? And how will we know how well it works? But that’s not the only Alzheimer’s news during Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Read More »

June 25th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Preventive medicine department to get a new name

The Department of Preventive Medicine will become the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC on July 1.

The name change signals a new era for the department, which has undergone tremendous growth Read More »

June 24th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

The Baxter Foundation advances USC research on optic nerve disease and colorectal cancer

For over 60 years, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation has supported innovative biomedical research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, each year granting $100,000 awards to two faculty members. This year, the Baxter Read More »

June 24th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|