Selim Zilkha and Mary Hayley, philanthropists and Keck School of Medicine of USC benefactors, received the Alzheimer’s Association Jerome H. Stone Philanthropy Award for Alzheimer’s Research
on July 12 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Berislav V. … Read More »
USC Stem Cell is seeking applicants for the Eli and Edythe Broad Innovation Award — a research grant of $120,000 for an innovative, multi-investigator proposal related to stem cells.
Applications focusing on cutting-edge technical advances, bioengineering, imaging, and molecular, genetic and … Read More »
Twenty-three local high school students spent their summer vacations in a very unusual place: the Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC.
This August, these students celebrated their graduations from the USC Early … Read More »
Los Angeles Magazine has named Roberta Diaz Brinton its Woman of the Year for her revelatory research to combat Alzheimer’s disease.
Brinton, holder of the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development at the USC School of Pharmacy, has … Read More »
Gregory Albers, MD, director of the Stanford Stroke Center, was awarded the third annual Roxanna Todd Hodges Visiting Lectureship in Stroke Prevention and Education on July 28 at an event at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Albers, who is also the … Read More »
As chairman and chief executive officer of Amgen, Robert A. Bradway is keenly aware of how tough and how expensive it is to bring new drugs to market.
He also knows pharmaceutical companies must strike a delicate balance between pleasing shareholders … Read More »
High school students play key roles as members of the USC program Science, Technology and Research, better known as STAR. STAR is a partnership between USC and the Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School — located just southeast of the … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC Sleep Disorders Center in Los Angeles recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
“The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates Keck Hospital of USC Sleep Disorders Center on meeting the high standards … Read More »
Three scientists whose research on T cells paved the way for innovative new immunotherapies for cancer patients, Steven Rosenberg, Zelig Eshhar, and James Allison, are the winners of this year’s Meira and Shaul G. Massry Prize.
The Meira and Shaul G. … Read More »
If you want to know why hearing and communication neuroscience matters, meet Richard Reed. A musician who lost his hearing for nearly a decade, Reed received a cochlear implant and successfully continued his career as a professional pianist and organist. … Read More »
For 187 fresh-faced new medical students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Class of 2018, the act of putting on a white coat signified the beginning of their lives as health-care professionals. At a ceremony held on Aug. … Read More »
Community service officers (CSOs) on USC’s campuses are sporting new uniforms, swapping green hues in favor of blues.
Charles Holloway, healthcare security director, said that on July 28, the USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) CSOs began wearing uniforms consisting of … Read More »
African-Americans bear a heavier burden of diabetic macular edema (DME), one of the leading causes of blindness in diabetic patients in the United States, according to research by Keck Medicine of USC ophthalmology scientists.
Barbara Gitlitz, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and members of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, is leading a new clinical study to understand why lung cancer occurs in adults under 40 … Read More »
This current era of technological innovation is also creating to an explosion of medical data, which means medical students must take in more information than ever before.
“By 2020, the amount of information that our students will have to learn is … Read More »
When the first report from the United States Surgeon General on smoking was released in 1964, it was held until a Saturday over fear that the information might lead to a stock market crash.
Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, chair of the … Read More »
David M. Carrera, an accomplished advancement professional who helped plan and implement one of the largest fundraising efforts in the history of academic medicine, has been named vice president for USC Health Sciences Development, effective August 1.
In this role, Carrera … Read More »
After years of sitting nearly vacant on the hilltop overlooking the Health Sciences Campus, the former General Hospital is once again a center of healing.
It reopened in March as The Wellness Center at the Historic General Hospital and now houses several … Read More »
The number of Keck Medical Center of USC physicians included in an annual ranking of top doctors in the San Gabriel Valley grew in 2014.
Pasadena Magazine included 505 USC physicians in its current roster of notable physicians in the San … Read More »
Surgeons at the Keck Medical Center of USC became the first in California to use the latest minimally invasive surgical system for prostate cancer when they performed a robotic-assisted procedure in July.
The surgery further cements the Los Angeles-based university hospitals’ … Read More »