The Keck School of Medicine of USC is leading a $26.5 million effort to conduct the first large-scale, multi-institutional study on African-American men with prostate cancer to better understand why they are at higher risk for developing more aggressive … Read More »

Keck School of Medicine of USC professors David Armstrong, DPM, PhD, and Charles Liu, MD, PhD, knew they wanted to work together immediately. “He’s the first guy I saw when I got out of the car at Rancho Los Amigos … Read More »

On April 25, Helena Chui, MD, chair and professor of neurology and Raymond and Betty McCarron Chair in Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, received the first annual USC Excellence in Professionalism Award, an honor that Keck … Read More »

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) has appointed Armand Dorian, MD, MMM, as the new chief medical officer of the hospital. In this role, he will oversee medical operations at the hospital, optimizing efficiencies while upholding the highest standards of safety … Read More »

A team of students from the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC beat out 95 other teams from around the country to earn the title of National Student Challenge Bowl winners at the … Read More »

Neuroscience researchers have long used MRI to study the basic structure of the brain in health and disease, but these scanners typically cannot provide insights at the cellular level. In an MRI image, each voxel — the 3D equivalent of … Read More »

Complex cases don’t deter Stephanie Cho, MD, MS, a psychosomatic medicine fellow at Keck School of Medicine of USC. In fact, in her work at both Keck Hospital of USC and Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, she prefers … Read More »

A 2018 analysis of more than a century of literature found USC to be among the world’s most active institutions researching outdoor air pollution and respiratory health.

Researchers from Najah National University in Palestine assessed articles published in peer-reviewed journals from … Read More »

AcuraStem, an early stage biotech company, and Justin Ichida, PhD, assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, have been awarded a $3.7 million Small Business Innovation Research … Read More »

Jonathan Tucci was uncertain whether he wanted to pursue a medical degree or a PhD. Fortunately, he found a way to do both.

“I like the idea of being a translational scientist — being able to go from bench to bedside, and … Read More »

Data published from a multicenter clinical trial that included Keck Medicine of USC suggests that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to a prostate biopsy could eliminate unnecessary cancer tests and optimize accuracy of any necessary testing.

The PRECISION trial examines the … Read More »

When Stuart D. Boyd, MD, professor of urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, joined the Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology in 1982, he came with the goal of improving the quality of life for men … Read More »

Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, professor of family medicine and May S. and John H. Hooval Dean’s Chair in Medicine, testified during a hearing at the spring meeting of the Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC) … Read More »

Brenda Capobres Villegas, MS, has spent more than 20 years helping patients find their voices — literally. A speech-language pathologist at Keck Medicine of USC and assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Keck School of … Read More »

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, which means many children have experienced a cancer illness or even death in their own family. At the same time, many minorities are underrepresented in the fields of cancer-related science, … Read More »

A tobacco replacement designed to help grown-ups quit smoking has landed in the hands of children with potentially harmful consequences, new USC research shows.

Jon-Patrick Allem, PhD, MA, research scientist at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, explores the intersection … Read More »

Investigators found that many common psychiatric disorders are deeply connected on a genetic level, sharing specific genetic risk factors, underscoring the need to recognize shared dimensions of brain dysfunction, and develop new treatment strategies. Results of this investigation have been … Read More »

Students at the Keck School of Medicine of USC do more than learn to be physicians: A group of them got a taste of government policymaking after meeting with state legislators in Sacramento on June 6 and 7.

To give students … Read More »

Identifying patients at a greater risk for specific illnesses could be greatly improved by breaking down broad ethnic and racial categories into more specific groups, according to findings in a research paper published by Keck School of Medicine of USC … Read More »