University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) honored three scientific and business leaders at its gala dinner on Dec. 8. This group included Edward D. Crandall, PhD, MD, Kenneth T. Norris, Jr., Chair of Medicine and Hastings Professor, as well as USC … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and staff gathered Dec. 8 at Pappas Quad to celebrate the season during the Holiday Breakfast.
Interim Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, greeted revelers, who enjoyed a variety of breakfast foods and pastries.
Attendees were encouraged … Read More »
Raymond Hall was told he had three months to live. That was more than 17 years ago.
Hall is a Vietnam-era Marine veteran. After he developed heart problems related to his service, he underwent years of treatments with the U.S. Department … Read More »
Professor Emeritus Thomas V. Berne, MD, a respected and beloved member of the Keck Medicine of USC family who had multigenerational ties to the campus, died Oct. 27. He was 81.
Berne was a lifelong member of the USC community. His … Read More »
The first new outpatient clinical space on the USC Health Sciences Campus in more than a decade is slated to open in January.
Norris Healthcare Center (HC3) will house the following departments and services: urology, an infusion center, women’s … Read More »
Caitlin Mahaffey, associate director of career advising at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, recently received an award from the Association of American Medical Colleges for the outstanding work she performs as an adviser to the students at the … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC and OneLegacy, an organization that saves lives through organ, tissue and eye donations, held a special rose dedication ceremony on Dec. 7 at Keck Medical Center of USC. The ceremony honored organ donors and their families … Read More »
Imagine an ever-renewing source of immune cells that can be engineered to attack cancer and infections. The winners of this year’s Eli and Edythe Broad Innovation Award at USC are already striving to turn this exciting concept into a reality.
If you’ve seen one GSK3 molecule, do not assume that you have seen them all. A new study in Developmental Cell reveals important differences in two similar forms of GSK3, which, in excess, is implicated in diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease … Read More »
Your smartphone could be the key to a healthy heart.
At least that’s what Niema Pahlevan, PhD, believes. The 39-year-old engineer has been developing an app that could allow people to use their iPhone camera to measure heart health. The high-tech, … Read More »
You may know that your surgeon is using the latest minimally invasive technology for your surgery, but how do you know if they’ve mastered it? To help answer that question, researchers at Keck Medicine of USC looked to a custom … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have identified a human protein that could prevent cancer by restricting a type of herpes virus from replicating.
The scientists examined the human herpes virus 8, otherwise known as Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Kaposi sarcoma … Read More »
Each year, Keck Medicine of USC partners with nonprofit organization Canning Hunger for the Box of Love drive to donate boxes filled with food items to needy families in the east Los Angeles community. This year, Keck Medicine donated a … Read More »
A ceremony for the newly elected members of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), a prestigious national student organization, was held recently on the Health Sciences Campus.
Twenty-three fourth-year medical students, three faculty members and five residents from the Keck School … Read More »
Associate professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy Lisa W. Goldstone, PharmD, was elected president of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP). She will assume the post of president-elect effective July 1, 2018, and take … Read More »
A pioneering study co-authored by USC School of Pharmacy associate professor Stan Louie, PharmD, PhD, sheds light on why overweight patients often face greater challenges in overcoming cancer. The research, published in the American Association for Cancer Research journal Molecular Cancer … Read More »
As 2017 comes to a close, HSC News is making changes to better serve the Health Sciences Campus community.
Beginning in January, HSC News will cease print publication and will be distributed as a weekly email newsletter to faculty, staff and … Read More »
Three premier researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, two Harvard-affiliated hospitals and Mayo Clinic have been awarded up to $70 million to build essential nationwide infrastructure that would remove a bottleneck in the development of techniques to … Read More »
When a soldier sustains a traumatic eye injury on the battlefield, any delay in treatment may lead to permanent vision loss. With medical facilities potentially far away and no existing tools to prevent deterioration, medics are in a high-stakes race … Read More »
The ALS Association Golden West Chapter has recognized USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida, PhD, with the 2017 Essey Commitment to a Cure Award for his outstanding achievements in the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The award was presented … Read More »