A new study debunks the popular belief that electronic cigarettes are merely a substitute for cigarettes among teens, instead, suggesting that some teens who never would have smoked cigarettes are now vaping.
A Keck School of Medicine of USC study of … Read More »
Taking the next step as a national thought leader in digital health innovation among university-based medical centers, the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) announced the first Digital Health Fellowship in the U.S. The inaugural 12-month fellowship will provide exposure, … Read More »
Studies have shown that the families we grow up in, the places we work, and the friends we keep play a large role in influencing behavior. However, not much is known about how one’s outdoor environment — such as the … Read More »
After years of planning and two months of living on the mountain, physician assistant student Vanessa Blasic completed a feat that few people can boast: summiting Mount Everest. More impressively, the accomplishment meant that she and her father Greg Blasic … Read More »
Lead investigators from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are collaborating with USC and Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University to establish the Eastern Africa Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Hub — one of only seven in the world. Housed in Ethiopia, … Read More »
Steven Asch, MD, MPD, professor of medicine at Stanford University, was the featured speaker on July 5 at the inaugural Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science Guest Speaker Series.
Asch’s lecture, “The New Science of Implementation” examined implementation research and outcomes.
“Implementation … Read More »
Local philanthropist Elaine Sarkaria, EdD, on behalf of herself and her late husband Daljit Sarkaria, MD, has designated a charitable remainder trust gift to the Humanities, Ethics, Arts, and the Law (HEAL) program at the Keck School of Medicine of … Read More »
Nearly 30 investigators from across the country, with expertise in biomedical and data science, gathered at Lake Arrowhead beginning June 15 for the second annual Data Science Innovation Lab. Organized by the Big Data 2 Knowledge Training Coordination Center (BD2K … Read More »
Protecting the elderly is an issue close to Judith Tamkin’s heart.
The noted philanthropist has made it a top priority to tackle elder abuse, an increasingly important issue as America’s older adult population grows.
“I want to make sure others have a … Read More »
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has named Qi-Long Ying, MD, PhD, as one of the winners of the 2016 McEwen Award for Innovation, the highest honor bestowed for stem cell research. Supported by the McEwen Centre for Regenerative … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center recently hosted a satellite Cancer Moonshot Summit in conjunction with the Washington, D.C., summit hosted June 29 by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. The event was one of many held nationwide that day, as … Read More »
Leslie P. Weiner
One of the transformative leaders of neuroscience at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has taken his last bow. Leslie Weiner, MD, retired June 30 after … Read More »
Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, has joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences.
Steven Siegel
He was selected after a rigorous … Read More »
Former chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Gunther Dennert, PhD, passed away on June 5, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Dennert was widely known and respected for his … Read More »
A large study headed by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and two other institutions received $12 million in funding to examine why African-American women die at a higher rate from breast cancer and have more aggressive … Read More »
As the saying goes, it’s not what you know, but who you know. And in the nation’s ongoing fight against obesity, the quality of social relationships with peers and family members might buffer the impact of neighborhood economic contexts.
New findings … Read More »
USC School of Pharmacy and Keck Medicine of USC have partnered to create a new specialty pharmacy focusing on “high touch, high cost” medication therapy for hepatitis, cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions.
Open in Alhambra since January, the … Read More »
A fasting-like diet with chemotherapy strips away the guard that protects breast cancer and skin cancer cells from the immune system, according to a new USC-led study on mice.
The study was published in the journal Cancer Cell on … Read More »
The chemotherapy drug cisplatin can kill cancer, but it can also kill the sensory cells of the inner ear — causing permanent hearing loss. This hearing loss is likely to be more severe in individuals with Cockayne syndrome, according … Read More »
USC’s Health Sciences Campus — home of the university’s two hospitals and medical school, nearly 4,000 staff and faculty and 1,200 students — is undergoing a lot of change.
The 79-acre campus in Boyle Heights, about seven miles from the University … Read More »