The Keck School of Medicine of USC has received a generous $100,000 donation from PUMA for the Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research, two years after the singer/actress established the fund. The … Read More »
Physicians of Keck Medicine of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have been recognized by Pasadena Magazine in its annual Top Doctors issue.
Pasadena Magazine’s Top Doctors issue lists practicing physicians in Pasadena and surrounding cities in … Read More »
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to help deconstruct expert surgeons’ robotic surgery skills so they can create an objective, standardized way to train the next generation of surgeons. Using a data … Read More »
Concepción Navarrete was worried about her health. At 63, the mother of two adult children was pre-diabetic and had high blood pressure, but didn’t know what to do about it. She was eating the wrong foods. And although she was … Read More »
Anyone with arthritis can appreciate how useful it would be if scientists could grow cartilage in the lab. To this end, Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Denis Evseenko, … Read More »
Remember the suspenseful scene in a Mission: Impossible movie when Tom Cruise sneaks into a vault? He had to make all sorts of moves to avoid detection. That’s what it’s like to sneak a targeted drug into a kidney and keep it … Read More »
A research team led by USC scientists has developed a new way to identify molecular markers of breast cancer tumors, a potentially life-saving breakthrough that could lead to better treatment for millions of women.
Aided by machine learning, the researchers taught … Read More »
Since joining USC Student Health as executive director and division chief for counseling and mental health last fall, Robert Mendola, MD, has worked to expand students’ access to mental health services on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses.
Mendola, a board … Read More »
Deirdre Logan, MD, MMM, a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist and alumna, will join USC Student Health in October as the second full-time physician devoted to the care of female students at USC.
Logan returns to her alma mater after 14 years at … Read More »
In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) technology has begun proving its worth outside the world of gaming, with applications in education, health care, military training and beyond. Now researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute … Read More »
From the brain to the bile, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation is supporting innovative medical research by granting $100,000 awards to two assistant professors at the Keck School of Medicine of USC: Michael Bonaguidi, PhD, in … Read More »
Chickenpox and shingles generally won’t kill you, but for some adults, they could result in a trip to the hospital. So with a new shingles vaccine now available, should you consider vaccination to avoid chickenpox and shingles as an adult?
Physician … Read More »
The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2021 donned their white coats for the first time at the 2018 White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 23. The ceremony, held on the Broad Lawn … Read More »
On Friday, Aug. 24, at the USC Health Sciences Campus, 238 Trojan occupational therapy graduate students — hailing from 22 states and 18 nations — pledged their commitment to the values of the health and wellness profession during the USC … Read More »
With the theme of pain management, the 17th annual Moving Targets symposium on Aug. 17 focused on current breakthroughs in the field of pain medicine, with an emphasis on combating the opioid crisis.
The USC student chapter of the American Association of Pharmaceutical … Read More »
Taking their first steps in the journey to become Doctors of Pharmacy, the 198 members of the Class of 2022 walked into the annual USC School of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony, held Aug. 16 on the Harry and Celesta Pappas … Read More »
An estimated 5.4 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s disease, a number that is expected to triple by 2050. One of the most promising methods for defining the disease’s causes and progression is to identify biomarkers, or … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC
For the 10th consecutive year, Keck Medicine of USC’s hospitals have been ranked among the country’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. … Read More »
The 186 first-year medical students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Class of 2022 walked out into warm sunshine, ready to engage in a tradition that would signify the beginning of their lives as medical professionals. At a … Read More »
Having shown the power of an ancient Chinese hangover remedy, Jing Liang, MD, PhD, research professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy, is now determined to unlock the mysteries of its effectiveness. The answers she finds … Read More »