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Archstone Foundation funds research on depression among elderly Latinos

Archstone Foundation awarded $122,000 to expand a USC mental health research study aimed at addressing depression among older Latinos suffering from a chronic illness.

Led by Isabel Lagomasino, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Cuerpo Read More »

July 16th, 2014|Announcements|

USC Stem Cell scientists lay a TRAP for disease

USC Stem Cell scientists have set a “mouse TRAP” to capture the early signs of kidney failure, as described by a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Their new transgenic mouse line uses a technique called TRAP Read More »

July 16th, 2014|Announcements|

Amar Desai named CEO of USC Care

Keck Medicine of USC has appointed seasoned physician executive Amar Desai, MD, MPH, as chief executive officer of USC Care and Ambulatory Care Services, effective Aug. 1.

Desai is an experienced health-care executive with significant expertise leading health systems to improved Read More »

July 16th, 2014|Announcements|

$1 million gift celebrates work of late Keck School urologist John Stein

Jane Centofante came to understand the expertise of the urologists at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in an all too personal way. In 1999, her father Albert Centofante, was treated for bladder cancer at USC Norris by Donald G. Read More »

July 16th, 2014|Announcements|

Keck Medical Center of USC improves its national rankings in cancer, urology and geriatrics

Keck Medical Center of USC, one of only two university-based medical systems in Los Angeles, maintained its No. 3 ranking as the top hospital in the Los Angeles metro area and No. 8 in California but also moved up in Read More »

July 15th, 2014|Announcements|