Nikias honor reflects USC’s investment in brain mapping, bioscience

USC President C. L. Max Nikias, PhD, was honored April 14 with the Humanitarian Award of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics. The award is presented to physicians and scientists who have made significant contributions to Read More »

April 18th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medical Center raises flag for organ donors

April is National Donate Life Month and Keck Medical Center of USC is celebrating organ donors by flying a flag to alert the Keck Medicine of USC community that an important, life-saving gift was given.

“Organ transplants wouldn’t be possible without Read More »

April 18th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Student research on display for poster day

Several dozen students presented some of their latest research projects recently as part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s annual Medical Student Research Forum and Poster Day.

The April 4 event held on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad Read More »

April 17th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Physical therapy study helps woman recover after a mugging

On a Sunday morning in 2006, Cecilia Wu was mugged after leaving church.

“I was at a small shopping center, and a guy came up from behind and grabbed my purse,” said Wu, who recently turned 70. “I instinctively held on; Read More »

April 17th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Health Pavilion returns to 2018 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

The Keck Medicine of USC Health Pavilion will return to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, held April 21-22 on the University Park Campus.

The pavilion will be open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. April 21, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April Read More »

April 16th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Radiation oncology residents recognized for continuity clinic efforts

The residents of the radiation oncology program recently were awarded the 2018 David C. Leach award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The award is given to teams or individuals who make significant contributions to resident education and Read More »

April 16th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Experts gather for symposium on elder abuse

On March 1, the second USC Judith D. Tamkin International Symposium on Elder Abuse was held and focused on the mission of creating safe and healthy environments for older adults. Thought leaders from around the globe gathered in Pasadena for Read More »

April 16th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School shows its appreciation for students

The Keck School of Medicine of USC held its Student Appreciation Luncheon on March 30, offering medical students the opportunity to feast on In-N-Out, street tacos and Pinkberry. The event was hosted by Interim Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, on the Read More »

April 13th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Sane in the city: 5 tips to manage the pressures of life in the urban jungle

Los Angeles is a vibrant, diverse, dynamic city. Urban living in Los Angeles is also crowded, polluted and noisy.

“It is overstimulating,” said Camille Dieterle, OTD, OTR/L, assistant professor of clinical occupational therapy in the Read More »

April 13th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Scientists help paralyzed patient feel sensations again

For the first time, scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Caltech have induced natural sensations in the arm of a paralyzed man by stimulating a certain region of the brain with a tiny Read More »

April 11th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Pharmacy poster symposium creates scholarly research opportunities

A day two years in the making, the USC School of Pharmacy’s inaugural Scholarly Project Symposium gave third-year pharmacy students the unique opportunity to present original research projects to an audience of alumni, faculty and staff.

The all-day symposium on March Read More »

April 11th, 2018|Announcements|

Physiology department rises in national rankings of research funding

When Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, returned to USC in 2011 after several years at the University of Rochester, a top goal of his was to boost physiology research funding from the National Institutes of Health, or Read More »

April 11th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

What’s the best diet plan? USC doctors evaluate 4 popular trends

Thinking of trying that trendy diet your friends raved about on Instagram? Before you’re ready to declare the latest celebrity fad the best diet plan, check the science first. While many diets promise quick weight loss, they often have a Read More »

April 11th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Mosqueda urges purpose, engagement at Older Adult Summit

In the battle to change the public’s perception of aging, Laura Mosqueda, MD, is a strong advocate for toppling some common myths about aging: that older adults are frail, sickly and withdrawn.

“Ageism is really pervasive in our society but when Read More »

April 10th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Practice drill preps campus for major disaster scenario

More than 200 volunteers participated in a Keck Medicine of USC emergency preparedness event in preparation of a major disaster.

“We hope it never comes,” said Robert Vance III, safety and emergency management officer at Keck Medicine of USC, “but when it does, we want to Read More »

April 9th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Why I Choose USC: Kristian Carlson, associate professor of clinical integrative anatomical sciences

Some students are surprised to learn that their gross anatomy professor is a paleontologist — that’s a scientist who studies fossils, right? My research is actually focused on the origins and evolution of humans today, during the period from about Read More »

April 9th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researcher makes strides in gel to regrow tooth enamel

Around the globe, dental cavities are the leading source of disability and pain: they affect 35 percent of the world’s population, with an economic impact in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Still, the methods for treating cavities generally involve Read More »

April 9th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

At USC’s Junior Faculty Mini-Symposium, stem cell scientists build to understand

When physicist Richard Feynman died in 1988, he left a message scrawled across his chalkboard: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.” Twenty years later, scientists in a very different field repeatedly invoked his words at the Junior Faculty Read More »

April 6th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Using mathematical models to determine the best chemotherapy schedules

Can mathematical models predict how can cancer cells respond to varied chemotherapy schedules? In other words, should cancers associated with fast-growing tumors, like brain cancer, be treated using a low drug dose administered continuously, as opposed to a high drug dose Read More »

April 6th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Advocacy urged to support women’s health

On March 30, Thomas Gellhaus, MD, led an obstetrics and gynecology grand rounds stressing that caring for patients does not end in the exam room or the surgical suite. Gellhaus, an obstetrician gynecologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Read More »

April 5th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|