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 »
Dozens of students at Hollenbeck Middle School got their hands dirty building planter boxes, digging up fresh soil and planting a variety of fruit and vegetable seedlings in their new Teaching Garden, which was donated by Keck Medicine of USC … Read More »
Second-year medical student Andrea Bañuelos Mota has been selected as one of 30 nationwide awardees to participate in Family Medicine Leads (FML) Emerging Leader Institute. This opportunity is sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and awards promising … Read More »
For nearly a week, Julia Fregoso experienced tooth pain so severe that she was unable to sleep, let alone eat or drink.
The pain, resulting from a molar she broke last December, landed Fregoso in the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry … Read More »
Patients at the USC Norris Cancer Hospital received a very special gift recently — tiny rose stickers given by real-life princesses as the 2018 Tournament of Roses Royal Court made its annual visit to the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center on … Read More »
Fen Pang, MD, recently made the journey from China to Los Angeles to spend a week with the team from the USC Institute of Urology as part of the department’s apprentice program. Pang, who hoped to advance his knowledge of … Read More »
A Keck School of Medicine of USC physician has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor awarded to AAAS members by their peers. David Warburton, OBE, DSc, MD, MMM, professor of pediatrics, … Read More »
John S. Oghalai, MD, chair and professor of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery, joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC on Aug. 1 from Stanford University School of Medicine. He specializes in caring for patients with diseases of … Read More »
USC Stem Cell scientist Zhongwei Li, PhD, could have gone into the family restaurant business. Instead, he’s dedicated his career to experimenting with a very different set of ingredients: kidney stem cells.
“The kidney is a very important organ, and it … Read More »
The Spirit of Troy paid a visit to the Health Sciences Campus recently for a Beat the Bruins rally.
The USC Trojan Marching Band performed for faculty, staff and patients gathered near the Willametta Keck Day Healthcare Center (HC2) on Nov. … Read More »
“I’ve always wanted to be in a textbook and impact the world,” said Gio Suh, who is graduating in December 2017 from the master of science program in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine … Read More »
The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce has named USC Verdugo Hills Hospital the 2017 Business of the Year. The prestigious awards honoring outstanding people and organizations in the community are named each year by the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce.
USC-VHH … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC employees shared a variety of clinical outcomes and professional accomplishments during the Interprofessional Research Poster Symposium, held Nov. 15 at Keck Hospital of USC.
Employees were invited to display a poster showcasing program improvements, translational research and … Read More »
Yong (Tiger) Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences at the USC School of Pharmacy, was awarded the 2017 New Investigator Grant by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Foundation for his research titled, “targeting metastatic colorectal … Read More »
The USC School of Pharmacy now offers a Master of Science in Biopharmaceutical Marketing (BPMK). The first-of-its-kind program builds core knowledge and strategic skills for success in the biopharmaceutical industry, emerging devices and diagnostics, managed care and other health-related ventures.
The … Read More »
Art Rx, a program uniting art and healing, held its first workshop at the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently. Led by Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, the Oct. 12 workshop explored how meditative journaling … Read More »