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Jon-Paul Pepper is a surgeon, scientist, student and award-winner

USC’s Jon-Paul Pepper, MD, is not the average award winner. He’s also not the average facial plastic surgeon, faculty researcher or master’s student — in part, because he’s currently all of these things.

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December 19th, 2014|Announcements|

GeoHealth track joins online Master of Public Health program

The USC Keck School of Medicine has launched a GeoHealth track as part of the Master of Public Health online program. This specialty is the first of its kind.

“We are excited to pioneer this specialized online education opportunity for the Read More »

December 18th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Nail stem cells prove more versatile than press-ons

Most body parts don’t grow back when you lose them. Nails are an exception, and a new study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals some of the reasons why.

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December 18th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Global health lecture stresses personalized medicine

Kwang Yul Cha, M.D., founder of the Korean health-care enterprise CHA Health Systems, was the presenter at last month’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series.

Cha’s vision for optimal global health care is to cure disease through the collaboration between hospitals, universities, research Read More »

December 13th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Author discusses advances in cancer treatment

Cancer has stumped physicians and scientists for thousands of years. Major discoveries have changed our understanding of cancer and how to treat it, but there is still far more to learn.

“Cancer remains the most significant challenge in the history of Read More »

December 12th, 2014|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|