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Mexico public health institute honors Jonathan Samet

The Institute of Public Health in Mexico (INSP) celebrated the career of Jonathan Samet, MD, Distinguished Professor, Flora L. Thornton Chair in Preventive Medicine and director of the USC Institute for Global Health, as part of its 30-year anniversary commemoration Read More »

February 10th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Stanczyk honored by undergraduate alma mater

Frank Stanczyk, PhD, research professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, recently was awarded the 2016 Western Illinois University Alumni Achievement Award, presented to individuals in recognition of outstanding accomplishment in one’s chosen field. Read More »

February 10th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Opinions sought during Press Ganey Survey

The 2017 Press Ganey survey will be open from Feb. 13 through March 3. The 2017 Press Ganey survey will be open from Feb. 13 through March 3.

The 2017 Press Ganey employee Read More »

February 9th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Inderbir S. Gill named Distinguished Professor

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Inderbir S. Gill, MD, chair of urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named a Distinguished Professor by USC President C. L. Max Read More »

February 9th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC ATRI holds second annual Partnership Meeting

The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI) held its second annual Partnership Meeting in San Diego recently.

The meeting, which was attended by 125 clinical trial protocol investigators and other trial staff who work closely with USC ATRI, brought together Read More »

February 6th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

500 middle, high school students realize their ‘pluripotential’ at USC Stem Cell Day of Discovery

You can be anything you want — just like a stem cell. This was a key lesson for the 500 middle and high school students who attended the USC Stem Cell Day of Discovery on Feb. 4 on the Health Read More »

February 6th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

7T MRI machine installed at USC Stevens Hall for investigational research

On Feb. 4, a 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine was installed at USC Stevens Hall for Neuroimaging, home to the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute.

To accommodate the machine’s magnet, which measures Read More »

February 6th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Donation funds new laboratory at USC Norris

Janice and Bob Hall recently joined Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, to mark the opening of the Janice and Robert Hall Clinical Trials Biospecimen Laboratory at the USC Norris Read More »

February 2nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study: Air pollution may lead to dementia in older women

Tiny particles that pollute the air — the kind that come mainly from power plants and automobiles — may greatly increase the chance of dementia, including dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, according to USC-led research.

Scientists and engineers found that older Read More »

February 2nd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center endorses updated HPV vaccine recommendations

The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has again united with each of the 69 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in issuing a joint statement in support of recently revised recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Read More »

February 1st, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

Professor fights opioid epidemic with award-winning app

Talib Omer, MD, assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine and director of emergency ultrasound medical student elective at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was part of a team of entrepreneurs working for California-based tech-startup PwrdBy that won a Read More »

January 31st, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Donated photos by artist Katherine Keck showcase power of smartphone lens

The skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles reaching into the clouds on a rainy afternoon. A field of sunflowers standing under a blue summer sky. A sailboat floating on calm turquoise waters.

These are a few of the nearly two dozen images Read More »

January 30th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medical Center of USC Employee of the Year: We are advocates for our patients

Thank you cards hang on a bulletin board above Gloria Jimenez’ workstation inside the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.

“You provide me hope of a longer future with my family,” reads one. “Many thanks.”

The handwritten cards, from grateful patients and family Read More »

January 27th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

American Federation for Aging Research grant to support study of age-related diseases

Wisdom can increase with age, but healing power does not. USC Stem Cell scientist Joseph T. Rodgers, PhD, is exploring the biology behind this fact, thanks to a grant from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR).

The grants provide $100,000 Read More »

January 27th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Los Angeles County Supervisors honor elder abuse watchdog group

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently honored a group of USC faculty members who work to protect vulnerable seniors from elder abuse.

Diana Homeier, MD, associate professor of clinical family medicine and director of the geriatric medicine fellowship training Read More »

January 26th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Rohit Varma installed as dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC

Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, the noted physician and scientist recognized across the globe as a visionary leader in the epidemiology of eye diseases, has been formally installed as dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Read More »

January 25th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School receives its highest NIH funding ranking to date

The Keck School of Medicine of USC recently received the school’s highest ranking in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding since the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research began its annual ranking of medical schools in 2006. The rankings Read More »

January 24th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Instagram documents rising hookah use in social settings

Social media is giving researchers insight into the rising use of hookah, according to a study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Hookah, smoked through a water pipe and also known as shisha, has harmful health effects similar to Read More »

January 24th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: John Davis, founder of Med-COR program

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John Albert Davis, PhD, former assistant clinical professor of medical education at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died on Jan. 13. He was 82.

Davis left a lasting Read More »

January 23rd, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study: Children with asthma are more likely to become obese

New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that children with asthma are 51 percent more likely to become obese over the next decade compared to kids who did not have respiratory condition.

The study, published on Jan. Read More »

January 20th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|